31.782, Books: Metapragmatics of Attentiveness: Fukushima

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Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 21:39:30
From: Janet Joyce [jjoyce at equinoxpub.com]
Subject: Metapragmatics of Attentiveness: Fukushima

 


Title: Metapragmatics of Attentiveness 
Subtitle: A Study in Interpersonal and Cross-cultural Pragmatics 
Series Title: Pragmatic Interfaces  

Publication Year: 2020 
Publisher: Equinox Publishing Ltd
	   http://www.equinoxpub.com/
	

Book URL: https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/metapragmatics-attentiveness/ 


Author: Saeko Fukushima

Electronic: ISBN:  9781781797259 Pages: 230 Price: U.S. $ 100
Hardback: ISBN:  9781781797242 Pages: 230 Price: U.S. $ 100


Abstract:

This book examines attentiveness, which is briefly defined as a demonstrator’s
pre-emptive responses to a recipient’s verbal or non-verbal cues or situations
surrounding a recipient and a demonstrator, which takes the form of offering.
It elucidates what attentiveness is, and addresses the importance of
attentiveness in im/politeness research. It also suggests the importance of
taking an interdisciplinary perspective in im/politeness research, the
importance of non-linguistically manifested politeness and the heart
perspective.

Evaluation by a recipient of attentiveness is considered since recent research
suggests that im/politeness resides in evaluation. Thus, both demonstration
and evaluation of attentiveness are investigated in the book. Attentiveness
may be demonstrated or evaluated differently within different cultures.
Generation can be considered as one of the sub-groups of culture. Therefore,
cross-cultural and cross-generational comparisons on demonstration and
evaluation of attentiveness are included.

Although some differences in demonstration or evaluation of attentiveness are
found cross-culturally, similarities outweigh differences. This suggests that
attentiveness, which is thought to be a virtue in Japanese culture, is not
unique to Japanese culture, and that attentiveness is an important
interpersonal notion elsewhere, too. It is also shown that attentiveness is
one of the constituents of politeness, which indicates that attentiveness is
closely related to politeness.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Pragmatics


Written In: English  (eng)

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