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12. Language Socialization and Politeness Routines

  1. Alessandro Duranti2,
  2. Elinor Ochs2,
  3. Bambi B. Schieffelin3
  1. Matthew Burdelski

Published Online: 23 NOV 2011

DOI: 10.1002/9781444342901.ch12

The Handbook of Language Socialization

The Handbook of Language Socialization

How to Cite

Burdelski, M. (2011) Language Socialization and Politeness Routines, in The Handbook of Language Socialization (eds A. Duranti, E. Ochs and B. B. Schieffelin), Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781444342901.ch12

Editor Information

  1. 2

    University of California, Los Angeles, USA

  2. 3

    New York University, USA

Author Information

  1. Swarthmore College, USA

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 23 NOV 2011
  2. Published Print: 19 AUG 2011

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9781405191869

Online ISBN: 9781444342901

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Keywords:

  • social orientations - language socialization and politeness routines;
  • politeness, and social interaction - practices deployed to ‘avoid communicative discord or offence’;
  • politeness, across linguistics and anthropology - language acquisition and gender studies;
  • socialization into politeness - focus on children in Japan;
  • linguistic fieldwork, in urban Japanese households - socialization into politeness routines;
  • socialization into politeness - polite demeanors, and deference in Japan and other communities from a young age;
  • Japanese caregivers, children's embodied performance - politeness, prior to speaking;
  • three socialization strategies, children's participation - in politeness routines in Japan, caregiver strategies;
  • Soviet scholars, that reported speech - double-voiced utterance, speaker transmitting another's speech;
  • politeness routines, a key aspect - socialization in communities, in Japanese interaction and socialization

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Introduction

  • Previous Research

  • Politeness Routines: Linguistic and Embodied Practice

  • Conclusion

  • References