Η ΕΚΦΡΑΣΗ ΤΗΣ ΕΥΓΕΝΕΙΑΣ ΣΤΑ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ ΚΑΙ ΤΑ ΑΓΓΛΙΚΑ

THIS THESIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO INVESTIGATE THE STATUS OF POLITENESS WITHIN GREEK CULTURE AND COMPARE IT TO THAT OF ENGLISH . AMONG THE BASIC AIMS OF THIS UNDERTAKING IS TO ESTABLISH THE REASONS WHICH HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO A WIDESPREAD IMPRESSION THAT THE GREEKS ARE IMPOLITE OR AT LEAST LESS POLITE THAN THE ENGLISH. MY MAIN HYPOTHESIS THAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE GREEK AND ENGLISH SYSTEMS OF POLITENESS IS THAT OF "POSITIVE" AND "NEGATIVE" POLITENESS SYSTEMS RESPECTIVELY. (DISTINCTION DRAWN BY BROWN AND LEVINSON, 1978). FIRST, AN ATTEMPT IS MADE TO INVESTIGATE HOW THE CONCEPT OF POLITENESS IS VISUALISED IN THE TWO SOCIETIES. NEXT, SPECIAL EMPHASIS IS GIVEN TO THE ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF THE REALISATION PATTERNS OF REQUESTS. BOTH REQUESTING CONSTRUCTIONS AND THEIR MODIFICATIONCLEARLY INDICATE THAT A DIFFERENT KIND OF POLITENESS IS PREVALENT IN THE TWO SOCIETIES. ALL THE FINDINGS, CONCERNING BOTH THE CONCEPT OF POLITENESS AND ITS LINGUISTIC MANIFESTATIONS APPEAR TO LEND SUPPORT TO MY AFOREMENTIONED HYPOTHESIS. IN CONCLUSION, THE DIFFERENCES OBSERVED IN THE TWO CULTURES STEM FROM DEEPLY INGRAINED SOCIO-CULTURAL DIFFERENCES. THEY REFLECT DIFFERENCES IN THE CONCEPTION OF POLITENESS WHICH LEAD TO DIFFERENT LING MANIFESTATIONS, RATHER THAN DIFFERENCES IN THE DEGREE OF POLITENESS. MORE GENERALLY, IT IS ARGUED THAT NO NATION CAN BE OBJECTIVELY CONSIDERED MORE OR LESS POLITE THAN ANY OTHER, BUT ONLY POLITE IN A DIFFERENT, CULTURALLY SPECIFIC WAY.

Grantor dc:publisher

Institutes outside Greece

Year dc:date

1987

Author dc:creator

• Σηφιανού, Μαρία

• Γλωσσική συμπεριφορά
• ΕΚΦΡΑΣΕΙΣ ΕΥΓΕΝΕΙΑΣ
• ΕΜΜΕΣΟΣ ΛΟΓΟΣ
• ΕΝΝΟΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΥΓΕΝΕΙΑΣ
• ΕΞΩΓΛΩΣΣΙΚΗ ΣΥΜΠΕΡΙΦΟΡΑ
• ΘΕΤΙΚΗ ΚΑΙ ΑΡΝΗΤΙΚΗ ΕΥΓΕΝΕΙΑ
• ΠΑΡΑΚΛΗΣΕΙΣ
• ΠΡΟΣΦΩΝΗΣΕΙΣ
• ΣΤΕΡΕΟΤΥΠΕΣ ΦΡΑΣΕΙΣ
• FORMULAIC EXPRESSIONS
• INDIRECTNESS
• Non-verbal behaviour
• POLITE STRUCTURES
• POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE POLITENESS
• REQUESTS
• TERMS OF ADDRESS
• THE CONCEPT OF POLITENESS
• Verbal behaviour

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

10.12681/eadd/0650

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:10442/0650