Backmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction 1
4. Part 1: The Theory and History of Linguistic Politeness
5. 1. Intracultural tact versus intercultural tact 21
6. 2. Linguistic politeness and politic verbal behaviour: Reconsidering claims for universality 43
7. 3. On the historicity of politeness 71
8. 4. Literary texts and diachronic aspects of politeness 109
9. 5. Politeness in linguistic research 131
10. 6. Traditional and modem views: the social constitution and the power of politeness 155
11. Part 2: Empirical Studies in Politeness
12. 7. Secondhand politeness 203
13. 8. Between matter-of-factness and politeness 219
14. 9. Children's understanding of white lies 231
15. 10. The metapragmatics of politeness in Israeli society 255
16. 11. The concept of politeness: An empirical study of American English and Japanese 281
17. 12. Linguistic etiquette in Japanese society 299
18. 13. Politeness in Thai 325
19. Backmatter 337