Items for "relationship"

Face as relational and interactional: A communication framework for research on face, facework, and politeness

In a recent re-examination of face as related to politeness, Bargiela-Chiappini (2003: 1463) argues for examining “cultural conceptualizations of the social self and its relationship to others as an alternative and possibly more fruitful way of studying the relevance and dynamics of ‘face’ and ‘facework’ in interpersonal contacts”...

Keywords: face, Facework, relationship, Interaction, Communication, politeness