Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword xi
4. 1. Face and interaction 1
5. Part I: Face in interaction
6. 2. Face as emergent in interpersonal communication: an alternative to Goffman 33
7. 3. How to get rid of a telemarking agent? Facework strategies in an intercultural service call 55
8. 4. Analysing Japanese ‘face-in-interaction’: insights from intercultural business meetings 78
9. 5. “That’s a myth”: Linguistic avoidance as face-saving strategy in broadcast interviews 96
10. 6. Two Sides of the same coin: how the notion of ‘face’ is encoded in Persian communication 115
11. Part II: Face, identity and self
12. 7. Face, identity and interactional goals 137
13. 8. Evoking face in self and other presentation in Turkish 155
14. 9. Face and self in Chinese communication 175
15. 10. Face, politeness and interpersonal variables: implications for language production and comprehension 192
16. 11. In the face of the other: between Goffman and Levinas 208
17. Part III: Face, norms and society
18. 12. Facework collision in intercultural communication 227
19. 13. Face in the holistic and relativistic society 250
20. 14. Finding face between gemeinschaft and gesellschaft: Greek perceptions of the in-group 269
21. 15. Significance of ‘face’ and politeness in social interaction as revealed through Thai ‘face’ idioms 289
22. 16. Facing the future: some reflections 307
23. Contributors 328
24. Transcription conventions 329
25. Index 330