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Conceptualising 'the relational' in pragmatics: insights from metapragmatic emotion and (im)politeness comments
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Spencer-Oatey, Helen (2011) Conceptualising 'the relational' in pragmatics: insights from metapragmatic emotion and (im)politeness comments. Journal of Pragmatics, Vol.43 (No.14). pp. 3565-3578. doi:10.1016/j.pragma.2011.08.009 ISSN 03782166.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2011.08.009
Abstract
Over the past few years, there has been an increased focus on ‘the relational’ in pragmatics. However, different pragmatics scholars (e.g. Holmes and Marra 2004; Locher and Watts 2005; Arundale 2006; Spencer-Oatey 2000/2008) take different approaches to ‘the relational’ and use different terms when analysing interpersonal relations. As a result, there is considerable conceptual and terminological confusion. There are also a number of controversial issues, one of which is how interpersonal relations can best be studied from a pragmatic perspective. Most people agree that it is essential to hear the voice of the participants, yet there is less agreement as to how best to achieve that. I argue in this paper that one fruitful way is to examine the emotions and (im)politeness judgements that people recount in metapragmatic comments. I report a study of workplace project partnerships that illustrates the insights that such an approach can offer. The insights are of both theoretical and applied relevance, which is important because the effective management of diverse teams is widely recognised as particularly challenging. I contend that pragmatics research into interpersonal relations should be able to identify and illuminate such challenges for project participants, and I provide empirical evidence that an exclusive focus on discourse data is too limited for this.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Applied Linguistics | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Pragmatics, Interpersonal relations, Emotions, Teams in the workplace | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Pragmatics | ||||
Publisher: | Elsevier | ||||
ISSN: | 03782166 | ||||
Official Date: | November 2011 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.43 | ||||
Number: | No.14 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 14 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 3565-3578 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.pragma.2011.08.009 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 18 December 2015 | ||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 18 December 2015 |
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