Women, Men and Politeness by Janet Holmes

Women, Men and Politeness by Janet Holmes

Women, Men and Politeness focuses on the specific issue of the ways in which women and men express politeness verbally. Using a range of evidence and a corpus of data collected largely from New Zealand, Janet Holmes examines the distribution and functions of a range of specific verbal politeness strategies in women's and men's speech and discusses the possible reasons for gender differences in this area. Data provided on interactional strategies, 'hedges and boosters', compliments and apologies, demonstrates ways in which women's politeness patterns differ from men's, with the implications of these different patterns explored, for women in particular, in the areas of education and professional careers.

"This book will undoubtedly become one of those that finds itself on any number of reading lists...It is in essence a survey of research into various discourse features associated with politeness, where gender differences have been found. It does its job extremely efficiently, being thorough, well-presented, easily understood and convincingly argued. It is overall a very useful book."

Journal of Sociolinguistics "Women, men and politeness is to be recommended as a solid survey of empirical work in an area which should be of interest to many." Language and Literature

Holmes, Janet: - Janet Holmes is the author of three volumes of poetry, the most recent of which, The Green Tuxedo, was awarded the Ernest Sandeen Prize in Poetry and is also published by the University of Notre Dame Press. Holmes has won numerous awards for her poems, which have appeared in a wide range of publications, including two editions of The Best American Poetry and journals such as American Poetry Review, The Georgia Review, and Notre Dame Review. She teaches in the MFA program at Boise State University.

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ISBN 13	9780582063617
ISBN 10	0582063612
Title	Women, Men and Politeness
Author	Janet Holmes
Series	Real Language Series
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Binding type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	1995-01-23
Number of pages	264
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