Directness and indirectness across cultures
- Submitting institution
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Sheffield Hallam University
- Unit of assessment
- 27 - English Language and Literature
- Output identifier
- 3088
- Type
- A - Authored book
- DOI
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10.1057/9781137340399
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- ISBN
- 9781137340382
- Open access status
- -
- Month of publication
- October
- Year of publication
- 2015
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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1
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- This book (192 pp) is based on collection and analysis of 3 layers of inter-connected data: (i) naturally-occurring discourse, (ii) role-played interactions based on the naturally-occurring discourse and using the innovative ‘communication gap’ method (iii) interviews with observers of the role-play data. Such multi-faceted qualitative evidence is rarely found in the literature on (in)directness and politeness.
The authors demonstrate how and why evaluations of (in)directness and (im)politeness vary across cultures and potentially leading to misattribution of attitude in intercultural encounters. The notion of ‘conventional’ indirectness from traditional politeness theory is thrown into question in the light of these data.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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