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"Fine thank you. And you?" Linguistic Politeness in Australian English and the Interlanguage Pragmatics of Japanese ESL Speakers

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Conlan, Chris
Date
2001
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Conference Paper

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Conlan, Chris. 2001. : "Fine thank you. And you?" Linguistic Politeness in Australian English and the Interlanguage Pragmatics of Japanese ESL Speakers, Proceedings of the Thirteenth English Australia Educational Conference, pp. 39-48. Fremantle: English Australia.
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Proceedings of the Thirteenth English Australia Educational Conference
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Division of Humanities
Faculty of Education, Language Studies and Social Work (ELSSW)
Department of Languages and Intercultural Education
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Department of Languages & Intercultural Education
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This paper examines politeness breakdowns between Japanese ESL speakers and L1 speakers of Australian English. In doing so, the paper develops a model of linguistic politeness which sees the marking of social power and social identification configurations as crucial. Using this model as a template, a possible explanation for differences in politeness strategies used by Japanese ESL and L1 Australian English speakers is suggested and research findings are cited to examine this hypothesis.