Politeness andimpolitenessinethnicvarieties of NewZealandEnglish  

Oleh:

Holmes, Janet, 1947-

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Pragmatics: An Interdiciplinary Journal of Language Studies vol. 44 no. 09 (2012), page 1063-1076.
Topik: Im/politeness; NewZealandEnglish; Communityofpractice; Egalitarianism; Informality
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Many aspectsofNewZealandEnglish(NZE)havebeenwelldescribed,especiallythedistinctivevocabulary,phonology,andsome syntactic differencesinrelationtoothervarietiesofEnglish.BuildingonearlierresearchdescribingpragmaticfeaturesofNZE,and identifying waysinwhichpolitenessisexpressedinNewZealand(NZ)workplacetalk,thispaperextendsthesocio-pragmaticanalysisof NZE inseveralways.Usingthetheoreticalmodelthatwehavedevelopedtoanalyseworkplaceinteraction,weadoptanemicapproach, focussing oninterculturalinteractionsbetweenMa¯ori andPa¯keha¯, anddatafrombothMa¯ori andPa¯keha¯ workplaces tothrowlighton distinctive featuresofpolitenessinNZEworkplacediscourse.Withthisgoal,weexaminetheimportantvalueofegalitarianisminNZ society, andexploreitspervasiveinfluenceonthewaysinwhichpolitenessisinteractionallyachievedindifferentNZcommunitiesof practice. Wethendiscusshowthisrelatestothestylisticdimensionofformality,exemplifyingsomedistinctivelyNZwaysinwhich formality andinformalityareindexedinworkplaceinteraction.Theanalysisillustrateshowtheseinfluencesaremanifestinanumberof specific aspectsofworkplaceinteraction,includingsmalltalk,humour,meetingprotocols,andintheextensionofthedistinctivepragmatic particle eh to newdomains.

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