How Long to Read The Pragmatics of Politeness

How Long Does it Take to Read The Pragmatics of Politeness?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 19 minutes to read The Pragmatics of Politeness by Geoffrey Leech

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

This readable book presents a new general theoretical understanding of politeness. It offers an account of a wide range of politeness phenomena in English, illustrated by hundreds of examples of actual language use taken largely from authentic British and American sources. Building on his earlier pioneering work on politeness, Geoffrey Leech takes a pragmatic approach that is based on the controversial notion that politeness is communicative altruism. Leech's 1983 book, Principles of Pragmatics, introduced the now widely-accepted distinction between pragmalinguistic and sociopragmatic aspects of politeness; this book returns to the pragmalinguistic side, somewhat neglected in recent work. Drawing on neo-Gricean thinking, Leech rejects the prevalent view that it is impossible to apply the terms 'polite' or 'impolite' to linguistic phenomena. Leech covers all major speech acts that are either positively or negatively associated with politeness, such as requests, apologies, compliments, offers, criticisms, good wishes, condolences, congratulations, agreement, and disagreement. Additional chapters deal with impoliteness and the related phenomena of irony ("mock politeness") and banter ("mock impoliteness"), and with the role of politeness in the learning of English as a second language. A final chapter takes a fascinating look at more than a thousand years of history of politeness in the English language.

How long is The Pragmatics of Politeness?

The Pragmatics of Politeness by Geoffrey Leech is 368 pages long, and a total of 94,944 words.

This makes it 124% the length of the average book. It also has 116% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Pragmatics of Politeness Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 38 minutes to read The Pragmatics of Politeness aloud.

What Reading Level is The Pragmatics of Politeness?

The Pragmatics of Politeness is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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