18. Relational work, politeness, and identity construction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents XIX
3. 1. Introduction: Interpersonal Communication – linguistic points of view 1
4. I. Theories, methods, and tools of Interpersonal Communication research
5. 2. Social Psychology and personal relationships: Accommodation and relational influence across time and contexts 15
6. 3. Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis 33
7. 4. Interactional Sociolinguistics 53
8. 5. Interactional Linguistics 77
9. 6. Systemic Functional Linguistics: An interpersonal perspective 107
10. 7. Functional Pragmatics 133
11. 8. Data and transcription 179
12. II. Linguistic and multisemiotic resources and their interplay in managing Interpersonal Communication
13. 9. Linguistic resources for the management of interaction 217
14. 10. Dynamics of discourse 255
15. 11. Face-to-face communication and body language 285
16. 12. Technically-mediated interpersonal communication 331
17. 13. Feeling space: Interpersonal communication and spatial semiotics 355
18. III. Interpersonal Communication on-track and off-track
19. 14. Everyday communication and socializing 397
20. 15. Counseling, diagnostics, and therapy 431
21. 16. Youth, discourse, and interpersonal management 457
22. 17. Language and discourse skills of elderly people 481
23. IV. Working on conversational strategies
24. 18. Relational work, politeness, and identity construction 509
25. 19. Humor, jokes, and irony versus mocking, gossip, and black humor 541
26. 20. Praising and blaming, applauding, and disparaging – solidarity, audience positioning, and the linguistics of evaluative disposition 567
27. 21. Silence and taboo 595
28. Backmatter 623