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Direct linkCook, H. C. – National Foreign Language Resource Center at University of Hawaii, 2005
From the social constructivist perspective, this paper examines speech style shifts in academic consultation sessions between professors and students in Japanese universities and demonstrates that politeness is an interactional achievement. The paper attempts to show how what has previously been described as a display of discernment can be…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Teacher Student Relationship
