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PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-100521009197

ISBN-139780521009195

eBay Product ID (ePID)2343322

Product Key Features

Number of Pages280 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameGender and Politeness

SubjectLinguistics / Sociolinguistics, Linguistics / General

Publication Year2003

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLanguage Arts & Disciplines

AuthorSara Mills

SeriesStudies in Interactional Sociolinguistics Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight13.9 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2002-041456

Dewey Edition21

Reviews'â€¦ a very valuable contribution to the field for those teaching language and gender courses â€¦ will appeal primarily to the many scholars working in the area of politeness theory â€¦ will also be a valuable addition to the critical material available to graduates interested in pragmatics more generally, and to those interested in postmodernist approaches to gender analysis in particular â€¦ this is an intellectually stimulating book â€¦'. Journal of Sociolinguistics, 'â€¦ a very valuable contribution to the field for those teaching language and gender courses â€¦ will appeal primarily to the many scholars working in the area of politeness theory â€¦ will also be a valuable addition to the critical material available to graduates interested in pragmatics more generally, and to those interested in postmodernist approaches to gender analysis in particular â€¦ this is an intellectually stimulating book â€¦'.Journal of Sociolinguistics, 'ï¿½ a timely reconsideration of gender and politeness ï¿½ this book has a great deal to offer researchers in various sub-disciplines of linguistics. It challenges taken-for-granted assumptions which will enable linguistic analysis to become a more theoretically complex activity, and I firmly believe that this publication will be a highly influential and authoritative text in gender and politeness research for many years to come.' Journal of Politeness Research, 'â€¦ a timely reconsideration of gender and politeness â€¦ this book has a great deal to offer researchers in various sub-disciplines of linguistics. It challenges taken-for-granted assumptions which will enable linguistic analysis to become a more theoretically complex activity, and I firmly believe that this publication will be a highly influential and authoritative text in gender and politeness research for many years to come.'Journal of Politeness Research, 'â€¦ a timely reconsideration of gender and politeness â€¦ this book has a great deal to offer researchers in various sub-disciplines of linguistics. It challenges taken-for-granted assumptions which will enable linguistic analysis to become a more theoretically complex activity, and I firmly believe that this publication will be a highly influential and authoritative text in gender and politeness research for many years to come.' Journal of Politeness Research, '... a very valuable contribution to the field for those teaching language and gender courses ... will appeal primarily to the many scholars working in the area of politeness theory ... will also be a valuable addition to the critical material available to graduates interested in pragmatics more generally, and to those interested in postmodernist approaches to gender analysis in particular ... this is an intellectually stimulating book ...' Journal of Sociolinguistics, 'ï¿½ a very valuable contribution to the field for those teaching language and gender courses ï¿½ will appeal primarily to the many scholars working in the area of politeness theory ï¿½ will also be a valuable addition to the critical material available to graduates interested in pragmatics more generally, and to those interested in postmodernist approaches to gender analysis in particular ï¿½ this is an intellectually stimulating book ï¿½'. Journal of Sociolinguistics, '... a very valuable contribution to the field for those teaching language and gender courses ... will appeal primarily to the many scholars working in the area of politeness theory ... will also be a valuable addition to the critical material available to graduates interested in pragmatics more generally, and to those interested in postmodernist approaches to gender analysis in particular ... this is an intellectually stimulating book ...'. Journal of Sociolinguistics, '... a timely reconsideration of gender and politeness ... this book has a great deal to offer researchers in various sub-disciplines of linguistics. It challenges taken-for-granted assumptions which will enable linguistic analysis to become a more theoretically complex activity, and I firmly believe that this publication will be a highly influential and authoritative text in gender and politeness research for many years to come.' Journal of Politeness Research

Series Volume NumberSeries Number 17

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal306.44

Table Of ContentAcknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Rethinking linguistic interpretation; 2. Theorising politeness; 3. Politeness and impoliteness; 4. Theorising gender; 5. Gender and politeness; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.

SynopsisChallenging the notion that women are necessarily always more polite than men (as language and gender literature claim), Sara Mills discusses the complex relationship between gender and politeness. Mills argues that, although women speakers, drawing on stereotypes of femininity, can appear to be acting more politely than men, there are many circumstances where women will act as "impolitely" as men., Gender and Politeness challenges the notion that women are necessarily always more polite than men as much of the language and gender literature claims. Sara Mills discusses the complex relations between gender and politeness and argues that although there are circumstances when women speakers, drawing on stereotypes of femininity to guide their behaviour, will appear to be acting in a more polite way than men, there are many circumstances where women will act just as impolitely as men. The book aims to show that politeness and impoliteness are in essence judgements about another's interventions in an interaction and about that person as whole, and are not simple classifications of particular types of speech. Drawing on the notion of community of practice Mills examines the way that speakers negotiate with what they perceive to be gendered stereotypes circulating within their particular group., Gender and Politeness challenges the notion that women are necessarily always more polite than men. It aims to show that politeness and impoliteness are in essence judgements about another's interventions in an interaction and about that person as a whole, and are not simple classifications of particular types of speech.

LC Classification NumberP120.S48M553 2003