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Politeness Strategies Of Russian School Students: Quantitative Approach To Qualitative Data

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  • Maria Grabovskaya

    (National Research University Higher School of Economics)

  • Ekaterina Gridneva

    (National Research University Higher School of Economics)

  • Andrian Vlakhov

    (National Research University Higher School of Economics)

Abstract

This study deals with the politeness strategies of speakers of Russian, focusing on verbal expression of politeness. After running a field survey in schools in mid-2018, we try to analyze specific verbal markers of expressing politeness quantitatively. Four such markers were selected for this study, namely greeting, leave-taking, expressing gratitude and apology. Quantitative analysis shows that there is a clear frequency pattern found in these markers’ use, indicating a relatively high degree of sociolinguistic variation. Possible causes of this effect are discussed, including cultural diversity and multilingual setting of the modern Russian school communicative domain

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  • Maria Grabovskaya & Ekaterina Gridneva & Andrian Vlakhov, 2018. "Politeness Strategies Of Russian School Students: Quantitative Approach To Qualitative Data," HSE Working papers WP BRP 68/LNG/2018, National Research University Higher School of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:hig:wpaper:68/lng/2018
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    Keywords

    Russian; politeness; sociolinguistics; linguistic anthropology; greetings; leave-taking; gratitudes; apology;
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