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(Im)Politeness and interactions in Dialogic Literary Gatherings

Beatriz VillarejoPilar ÁLvarezMarta SolerAna Llopis

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060201 languages & linguisticsLinguistics and LanguageDialogicPolitenessEgalitarian dialoguemedia_common.quotation_subjectDialogue analysisInteracció educativa06 humanities and the artsAnàlisi del diàlegLanguage and LinguisticsLinguisticsPoliteness (Linguistics)Power (social and political)Interaction analysis in educationLiterary creationCreació literàriaArtificial Intelligence0602 languages and literatureSituatedConversationCortesia (Lingüística)PsychologySocial psychologymedia_common

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Abstract This article examines the interactions that occur in Dialogic Literary Gatherings (DLG), a cultural activity in which low literate adults read and debate classic literature. To respect the principle of egalitarian dialogue, participants agree on how to communicate and reflect on their communicative patterns. We analyse the actual interactional behaviour of participants and the pragmatic traits that evidence how this principle is implemented by identifying dialogic and power interactions in connection to (Im)politeness. This study shows the influence of the situated genre (DLG) over status in the prevalence of politeness and how the participants use polite mitigation strategies that favour dialogue in the conversation, regardless of the participants’ position.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2016-03-01
10.1016/j.pragma.2016.01.004http://hdl.handle.net/2445/112284