In this article we will attempt to address some of the issues that arise in researching politeness in the workplace, especially, though not exclusively, in the context of multicultural and multilingual encounters...
Keywords: politeness, workplace communication, face, research methodologies, cross-cultural communication, interculturality
02/2006 | Journal of Politeness Research. Language, Behaviour, Culture, Walter de GruyterThe phenomenon of affect in language has recently received some attention from researchers who have focused primarily on its lexical expression...
Keywords: affect, cross-cultural communication, grammar, news discourse, perspective
05/2006 | Text - Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Discourse, Walter de Gruyter