Dissension and Face-work Strategies in German Dialogues
| By: | Selma Martins Meireles |
| Publisher: | De Gruyter |
| Print ISBN: | 9783484304574 |
| eText ISBN: | 9783110918632 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 2002 |
| Format: | Page Fidelity |
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Dissension, defined as a propositional attitude of the speaker's disagreement is classified into four categories according to its scope. Its occurrences in German discussions were analyzed according to their linguistic expressions and 'Face-work'. No specific linguistic means for expressing Dissension was found, although most cases display semantically negative lexical components. 38 Face-work strategies were defined based on Brown/Levinson (1978, 1987). Linguistic elements from many word classes as well as devices such as Deixis manipulation were used for Face-work purposes.