15. (Im)politeness and telecinematic discourse
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Marta Dynel
Abstract
The principal objective of this chapter is to shed some light on the prevailing topics and central methodological problems related to the study of (im)politeness in telecinematic discourse, as well as to furnish the readers with a wide selection of references regarding the issues pertinent to this field of investigation. First, the notions of politeness and impoliteness are briefly introduced. A distinction is also drawn between fictional and non-fictional telecinematic discourse, the former being here used synonymously with “film discourse”. The existing research on politeness and impoliteness in both discourse types is duly surveyed. Further, the author examines the issue of verisimilitude and (im)politeness evaluations, the two pivotal methodological problems which researchers studying (im)politeness in fictional telecinematic discourse need to face. The chapter closes with a number of suggestions for future research.
Abstract
The principal objective of this chapter is to shed some light on the prevailing topics and central methodological problems related to the study of (im)politeness in telecinematic discourse, as well as to furnish the readers with a wide selection of references regarding the issues pertinent to this field of investigation. First, the notions of politeness and impoliteness are briefly introduced. A distinction is also drawn between fictional and non-fictional telecinematic discourse, the former being here used synonymously with “film discourse”. The existing research on politeness and impoliteness in both discourse types is duly surveyed. Further, the author examines the issue of verisimilitude and (im)politeness evaluations, the two pivotal methodological problems which researchers studying (im)politeness in fictional telecinematic discourse need to face. The chapter closes with a number of suggestions for future research.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Preface to the handbook series v
- Preface ix
- Table of contents xi
- 1. Introducing Pragmatics of Fiction: Approaches, trends and developments 1
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I. Pragmatics of fiction as communication: Foundations
- 2. Participation structure in fictional discourse: Authors, scriptwriters, audiences and characters 25
- 3. The pragmatics of the genres of fiction 55
- 4. Fictional characterisation 93
- 5. The role of dialogue in fiction 129
- 6. Narrative perspectives on voice in fiction 159
- 7. Pragmatics of style in fiction 197
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II. Features of orality and variation
- 8. Oral features in fiction 235
- 9. Doing dialects in dialogues: Regional, social and ethnic variation in fiction 265
- 10. Multilingualism in fiction 297
- 11. The pragmatics of estrangement in fantasy and science fiction 329
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III. Pragmatic themes in fiction
- 12. Pragmatics and the translation of fiction 367
- 13. Subtitling and dubbing in telecinematic text 397
- 14. (Im)politeness in fiction 425
- 15. (Im)politeness and telecinematic discourse 455
- 16. Stance in fiction 489
- 17. Language and emotion in fiction 515
- 18. Language change and fiction 553
- Bionotes 585
- Index of authors of scholarly work 591
- Index of authors of fictional work 603
- Index of fictional sources 605
- Subject index 609
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Preface to the handbook series v
- Preface ix
- Table of contents xi
- 1. Introducing Pragmatics of Fiction: Approaches, trends and developments 1
-
I. Pragmatics of fiction as communication: Foundations
- 2. Participation structure in fictional discourse: Authors, scriptwriters, audiences and characters 25
- 3. The pragmatics of the genres of fiction 55
- 4. Fictional characterisation 93
- 5. The role of dialogue in fiction 129
- 6. Narrative perspectives on voice in fiction 159
- 7. Pragmatics of style in fiction 197
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II. Features of orality and variation
- 8. Oral features in fiction 235
- 9. Doing dialects in dialogues: Regional, social and ethnic variation in fiction 265
- 10. Multilingualism in fiction 297
- 11. The pragmatics of estrangement in fantasy and science fiction 329
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III. Pragmatic themes in fiction
- 12. Pragmatics and the translation of fiction 367
- 13. Subtitling and dubbing in telecinematic text 397
- 14. (Im)politeness in fiction 425
- 15. (Im)politeness and telecinematic discourse 455
- 16. Stance in fiction 489
- 17. Language and emotion in fiction 515
- 18. Language change and fiction 553
- Bionotes 585
- Index of authors of scholarly work 591
- Index of authors of fictional work 603
- Index of fictional sources 605
- Subject index 609
