Stance and politeness in spoken Latvian

Chojnicka, Joanna 2015. Stance and politeness in spoken Latvian. Lingua Posnaniensis 57 (1) , pp. 25-40. 10.1515/linpo-2015-0002

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Abstract

The present article is concerned with the concept of stance and its relationship to face, face work and politeness applied to Latvian spoken discourse. It offers an extensive review of relevant literature on stance and politeness theories, followed by an illustrative analysis of politeness strategies and stance markers found in a radio interview. on this basis, the article argues that stance markers – epistemic, evidential, mirative and hedging devices – may be considered a negative politeness strategy, respond-ing to the speaker’s and hearer’s desire for autonomy. in conclusion, it suggests a hypothesis that could explain differing use of stance markers and politeness strategies by speakers fulfilling varying conver-sational roles and of various social standing.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Modern Languages
Additional Information:	This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.
Publisher:	De Gruyter
ISSN:	2083-6090
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	20 December 2021
Last Modified:	06 Jan 2024 04:31
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/146112

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