کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
933479 923344 2010 18 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Impoliteness recycled: Subject ellipsis in Modern Russian complaint discourse
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی علوم انسانی و هنر زبان و زبان شناسی
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Impoliteness recycled: Subject ellipsis in Modern Russian complaint discourse
چکیده انگلیسی

(Im)politeness is usually discussed in context of an ongoing discourse situation. In this article, I show that relational work is not limited to a single conversation: specifically, the impact of a face attack can carry over to subsequent conversations.During a face attack, one of the options for the hearer is to remain silent, not defending his/her face (Culpeper, 1996, :354). This option might be used when the offender is significantly more powerful than the hearer; the power differential sharply restricts the hearer's options for defending face (Culpeper et al., 2003, :1562; Austin, 1990, :279; Bousfield and Locher, 2008:8–9). However, in some cases the hearer does not simply accept the damage to his/her face. Unable to confront the offender directly, the offended restores face by complaining to peers and soliciting their commiseration and approval.Using Modern Russian data, I show how an offensive conversation between two interlocutors (usually a mother-in-law and a daughter-in-law) is recycled when the offended later complains at an online support group. The complainer often uses a special construction with subject ellipsis to introduce the reported offensive discourse. By using this construction, the offended retroactively and symbolically attacks the offender, thus repairing damage to face.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Pragmatics - Volume 42, Issue 12, December 2010, Pages 3214-3231