Shifting face from Asia to Europe

Ervin-Tripp, Susan; Nakamura, K.; Guo, Jun

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“…For instance, The Korean language is full of lexical elements that represent the conventionalized linguistic form face, a cornerstone in politeness theoretical frameworks, such as chemyen, nun, imok, and nat. This phenomenon also can be prominently observed in Japanese and Chinese lexicon (Ervin-Tripp, Nakamura, & Guo, 1995).…”

Section: Linguistic Politeness: a Theoretical Framework For Social Inmentioning

confidence: 92%

Linguistic politeness and face‐work in computer‐mediated communication, Part 1: A theoretical framework

Park

2008

J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci.

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Our daily social interaction is anchored in interpersonal discourse; accordingly, the phenomenon of linguistic politeness is prevalent in daily social interaction. Such linguistic behavior underscores the fact that linguistic politeness is a critical component of human communication. Speech participants utilize linguistic politeness to avoid and reduce social friction and enhance each other's face, or public self-image, during social interaction. It is face-work that underlies the interpersonal function of language use and encompasses all verbal and nonverbal realizations that bring forth one's positive social value, namely, face. Face-work is founded in and built into dynamic social relations; these social and cultural relations and context directly affect the enactment of face-work. Analysis and a subsequent understanding of sociointerpersonal communication are critical to the fostering of successful interaction and collaboration. Linguistic politeness theory is well positioned to provide a framework for an analysis of social interaction and interpersonal variables among discourse participants inasmuch as it is applicable not only to face-to-face social interactions but also to those interactions undertaken through online communication.

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Section: Linguistic Politeness: a Theoretical Framework For Social Inmentioning

confidence: 92%

Linguistic politeness and face‐work in computer‐mediated communication, Part 1: A theoretical framework

Park

2008

J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci.

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“…In their study of 'risk', Fillmore and Atkins (1992) advocated the benefits of examining a concept on the basis of collocations. Following this, Ervin-Tripp et al (1995) took the first steps towards an analysis of the concept of 'face' based on collocations. In this section, we will apply the metalanguage to make a preliminary analysis of 'face' in Chinese based on its collocational possibilities.…”

Section: The Metalanguage and 'Face' In Modern Standard Chinese Discomentioning

confidence: 99%

A metalinguistic approach to deconstructing the concepts of ‘face’ and ‘politeness’ in Chinese, English and Japanese

Haugh

Hinze

2003

Journal of Pragmatics

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In this paper we investigate the concepts of 'face' and 'politeness'. We introduce a metalanguage which we believe is a framework for simplifying the analysis of 'face' and 'politeness'. This metalanguage is based on the observation that both 'face' and 'politeness' involve external evaluations of people. This common element is represented in the metalanguage as "what A shows A thinks of B" and "what B thinks A thinks of B". The implications of the metalanguage for the analysis of Chinese mian and lian ('face') and English face are then discussed. This is followed by an analysis of examples of politeness in English and teineisa/reigi-tadashisa ('politeness') in Japanese. We conclude that the metalanguage may be further developed for use in comparisons of 'face' and 'politeness' across cultures. Biographical note: Carl Hinze has completed his PhD in the School of Languages and Comparative Cultural Studies at the University of Queensland. His research interests are the semantics of 'face' across cultures, and more generally sociolinguistics. Michael Haugh has also completed his PhD in the School of Languages and Comparative Cultural Studies at the University of Queensland. His research interests are politeness and implicature, and more generally cross-cultural pragmatics. 2 (2003) Journal of Pragmatics 35, 10/11: 1581Pragmatics 35, 10/11: -1611 rather than faithfully adhering to the complex theoretical principles of the NSM. Although the metalanguage we are using in this paper is English, the words that we employ in the metalanguage are semantically simple, and therefore readily translatable across languages.It should be noted that we are not proposing the basis for a model of interpersonal interaction. 3 We will not be using the metalanguage to describe in detail the complicated cognitive and behavioural processes that constitute an interaction. Nor are we attempting to describe how 'face' and 'politeness' are co-constructed in interactions. Our intention is to apply the metalanguage in such a way as to create a simple architecture, on the one hand, for analysing the Chinese concepts of mianzi and lian, and the English concept of face, and on the other hand, for explicating politeness in English and Japanese conceptualisations of 'politeness' such as teineisa and reigi-tadashisa.Before outlining a detailed explanation of the metalanguage, let us develop a hypothetical example. Michael already has an established friendship with Carl, and following from this Michael has the notion of "what Michael thinks Carl thinks of Michael". Michael has developed this notion on the basis of Carl's previous behaviour towards Michael. Carl has treated Michael's work with the respect that is to be expected from an academic colleague.

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“…Both Matsumoto (1988Matsumoto ( , 1989 and Ide (1989) complain that Brown and Levinson's face constructs do not capture the principles of Japanese interaction because they do not include the acknowledgement of social relationships ("social relativism," "proper place occupancy," Lebra, 1976). Whereas Matsumoto rejects the notion of negative face as being inapplicable to Japanese culture (a position also supported by Ervin-Tripp et al, 1995), Ide accepts the validity of positive and negative face, but suggests that this model be complemented by a component called discernment (wakimae), signalling social relationships. Politeness in any society comprises a "volitional" component (strategic politeness attending to face concerns) and discernment, or social marking.…”

Section: Politeness and The Notion Of Facementioning

confidence: 99%

Linguistic Etiquette

Kasper¹

2005

Intercultural Discourse and Communication

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Linguistic politeness and face‐work in computer‐mediated communication, Part 1: A theoretical framework

Linguistic politeness and face‐work in computer‐mediated communication, Part 1: A theoretical framework

A metalinguistic approach to deconstructing the concepts of ‘face’ and ‘politeness’ in Chinese, English and Japanese

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