Western politeness principles reviewed in the Japanese notion of "wakimae"


Term Paper, 2014

20 Pages, Grade: 1,7


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Table of Contents

1. Introduction

2. Brief glimpse of politeness research
2.1 First-wave approaches
2.1.1 Robin Lakoff
2.1.2 Geoffrey Leech
2.1.3 Brown and Levinson
2.2 Conceptions beyond first-wave approaches
2.3 Second-wave approaches

3. Politeness and East Asia
3.1 Honorific forms in Japanese

4. Sachiko Ide and the notion of discernment

5. Criticism against wakimae
5.1. Eelen
5.2 Pizziconi
5.3 Cook

6. Conclusion

7. References

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Title
Western politeness principles reviewed in the Japanese notion of "wakimae"
College
University of Erfurt
Grade
1,7
Author
Year
2014
Pages
20
Catalog Number
V284086
ISBN (eBook)
9783656841715
ISBN (Book)
9783656841722
File size
558 KB
Language
English
Keywords
Politeness, Western Culture, Japan, Japanese Culture, Wakimae, Soziolinguistics
Quote paper
Ronny Müller (Author), 2014, Western politeness principles reviewed in the Japanese notion of "wakimae", Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/284086

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