Politeness Theory and Relational Work

Politeness Theory and Computer-Mediated Communication: A Sociolinguistic Approach to Analyzing Relational Messages

This conceptual paper suggests how Politeness Theory [6] – well known in anthropological and linguistic literatures – can contribute to the study of role relations in computer-mediated communication. Politeness, phrasing things so as to show respect and esteem for the face of others, occurs throughout social interchange. The paper reviews politeness theory and enumerates specific linguistic ind...

Three levels in politeness theory and practice

Relational Graph Models at Work

We study the relational graph models that constitute a natural subclass of relational models of λ-calculus. We prove that among the λ-theories induced by such models there exists a minimal one, and that the corresponding relational graph model is very natural and easy to construct. We then study relational graph models that are fully abstract, in the sense that they capture some observational e...

Universal politeness theory: application to the use of Japanese honorifics

One major objection to Brown and Levinson’s politeness theory [Questions and Politeness: Strategies in Social Interaction, Cambridge University Press, 1978, pp. 56–311; Politeness: Some Universals in Language Usage, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1987] raised by Matsumoto [J. Pragmatics 12 (1988) 403; Multilingua 8 (1989) 207; Japanese/Korean Linguistics, vol. 2, Center for the Study of...

The Roles of Calculative and Relational Trust in Work Transformation the Roles of Calculative and Relational Trust in Work Transformation the Roles of Calculative and Relational Trust in Work Transformation the Roles of Calculative and Relational Trust in Work Transformation

There is a paradox of workplace transformation: It generates trust but first requires trust. New approaches, such as teamwork and pay-for-skills, remain stuck if employees do not trust them enough to participate. We study which employees take courses when a pay-for-skills plan is created in a company but uncertainty remains about the promised rewards. Employees' willingness to take courses affe...