Identity, face and (im)politeness

Impoliteness and mock-impoliteness A descriptive analysis

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Intercultural impoliteness

The paper argues that impoliteness may work differently in intercultural interactions than in L1 communication. Most researchers (cf. Bousfield, 2008; Culpeper, 2009, 2010; Haugh, 2011) analyzing impoliteness within one language seem to agree that no act is inherently impolite, and that such a condition depends on the context or speech situation that affects interpretation. This may not be quit...

Face Analysis : Identity vs

Due to several parameters, facial images present important visual variations, Here, we will focus on identity and expression. We will study the hypothesis of (image-based) automatic separability of identity from expressions. Indeed, sign language speakers using video need a tool able to offer anonymity to their sign productions, and such a tool has to modify the part of the facial image carryin...

Face recognition: Are viewpoint and identity processed after face detection?

Previous research has suggested that an object's category is retrieved as soon as it is detected (Grill-Spector & Kanwisher, 2005). Here we examined whether face views and identities are likewise treated as categories. We measured behavioural performance on three tasks: face detection, recognition of face view within identity, and within-view face identification, by using the method of constant...