On Cooperation and Im/politeness in French Interactions

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dc.contributor.authorde Oliveira, Ruth
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-21T09:55:13Z
dc.date.available2022-01-21T09:55:13Z
dc.date.issued2021-11-27
dc.description.abstractIn Culpeper’s (2009) extensive study of how impoliteness-related terms are used, especially in relation to people’s expectations in public-service contexts, the term “french” occurs twice, along with “doorman,” “bouncer,” “bartender,” “waitress,” “waiter,” “yorker,” “staff.” Based on this, could one suppose that, in daily interactions in French, the principles of cooperation (Grice, 1975) and politeness come into conflict, leading to the characterization of speakers as impolite? If this is the case, why? How does it occur? Is this characterization specific to public-service contexts, or does it extend to other domains of social life? Aiming to provide answers to these questions, this study draws on the framework of conversation analysis using a socio-pragmatic approach (from Austin, 1962, to Kerbrat-Orecchioni, 2010, and Culpeper, 2021). Guided by socio-cultural and historical factors (Bourdieu, 1984; La Bruyère, 1688), it explores the concept of linguistic im/politeness (Culpeper, 2009, 2021; Curtin, 1995; Meier, 1995) in its interaction with Grice’s (1975) principles of cooperation. To this end, we examine the ritual of greeting, in particular the exchange of “bonjour” in daily social interactions in a French-speaking context, using an authentic data corpus (Reddit, 2014). The results of our analysis show that, in certain situations, when the symmetry of this ritual is broken and the act fails, French speakers attribute to what is understood as politeness a rating higher than they do to cooperation, giving rise to the opposite phenomenon, impoliteness.en_US
dc.identifier.apacitationde Oliveira, R. (2021). On Cooperation and Im/politeness in French Interactions. <i>Studies About Languages</i>, 39(2021), 41-55. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/35550en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationde Oliveira, Ruth "On Cooperation and Im/politeness in French Interactions." <i>Studies About Languages</i> 39, 2021. (2021): 41-55. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/35550en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationde Oliveira, R. 2021. On Cooperation and Im/politeness in French Interactions. <i>Studies About Languages.</i> 39(2021):41-55. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/35550en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - de Oliveira, Ruth AB - In Culpeper’s (2009) extensive study of how impoliteness-related terms are used, especially in relation to people’s expectations in public-service contexts, the term “french” occurs twice, along with “doorman,” “bouncer,” “bartender,” “waitress,” “waiter,” “yorker,” “staff.” Based on this, could one suppose that, in daily interactions in French, the principles of cooperation (Grice, 1975) and politeness come into conflict, leading to the characterization of speakers as impolite? If this is the case, why? How does it occur? Is this characterization specific to public-service contexts, or does it extend to other domains of social life? Aiming to provide answers to these questions, this study draws on the framework of conversation analysis using a socio-pragmatic approach (from Austin, 1962, to Kerbrat-Orecchioni, 2010, and Culpeper, 2021). Guided by socio-cultural and historical factors (Bourdieu, 1984; La Bruyère, 1688), it explores the concept of linguistic im/politeness (Culpeper, 2009, 2021; Curtin, 1995; Meier, 1995) in its interaction with Grice’s (1975) principles of cooperation. To this end, we examine the ritual of greeting, in particular the exchange of “bonjour” in daily social interactions in a French-speaking context, using an authentic data corpus (Reddit, 2014). The results of our analysis show that, in certain situations, when the symmetry of this ritual is broken and the act fails, French speakers attribute to what is understood as politeness a rating higher than they do to cooperation, giving rise to the opposite phenomenon, impoliteness. DA - 2021-11-27 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town IS - 2021 J1 - Studies About Languages KW - French interactions KW - politeness KW - impoliteness KW - cooperation KW - greetings KW - bonjour LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 2021 T1 - On Cooperation and Im/politeness in French Interactions TI - On Cooperation and Im/politeness in French Interactions UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/35550 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.uri10.5755/j01.sal.1.39.29953
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/35550
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationde Oliveira R. On Cooperation and Im/politeness in French Interactions. Studies About Languages. 2021;39(2021):41-55. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/35550.en_ZA
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisher.departmentFrench Language and Literatureen_US
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_US
dc.sourceStudies About Languagesen_US
dc.source.journalissue2021en_US
dc.source.journalvolume39en_US
dc.source.pagination41-55en_US
dc.subjectFrench interactionsen_US
dc.subjectpoliteness
dc.subjectimpoliteness
dc.subjectcooperation
dc.subjectgreetings
dc.subjectbonjour
dc.titleOn Cooperation and Im/politeness in French Interactionsen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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