Gender and politeness
Auteur :
Mills, Sara
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521009195
Date de publication :
10 juil. 2003
Dimensions :
21,7 x 13,9 x 2,0 cm
Poids :
393 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Gender and Politeness challenges the notion that women are necessarily always more polite than men. It aims to show that politeness and impoliteness are in essence judgements about another's interventions in an interaction and about that person as a whole, and are not simple classifications of particular types of speech.