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In a world that promotes assertion, agency, and empowerment, this book challenges us to revalue a range of actions and attitudes that have come to be disregarded or dismissed as merely passive. Mercy, resignation, politeness, restraint, gratitude, abstinence, losing well, apologizing, taking care: today, such behaviors are associated with negativity or lack. But the capacity to give way is better understood as positive action, at once intricate and demanding. Moving from intra-human common courtesies, to human-animal relations, to the global civility of human-inhuman ecological awareness, the book's argument unfolds on progressively larger scales. In reminding us of the existential threat our drives pose to our own survival, Steven Connor does not merely champion a family of behaviors; he shows that we are more adept practitioners of them than we realize. At a time when it is on the wane, Giving Way offers a powerful defense of civility, the versatile human capacity to deflect aggression into sociability and to exercise power over power itself.

Courtesy. --- Inhibition. --- Social ethics. --- abstinence. --- care. --- civility. --- gesture. --- manners. --- politeness. --- restraint.

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"Has anyone ever pushed in front of you in a queue? Stolen your parking space? Talked on their mobile phone during a film at the cinema? In our everyday lives we all encounter rude and inconsiderate people. This unique book provides the first ever systematic investigation of typical encounters with rudeness. Through a meticulous analysis of over 500 events it maps out what people experience as rude, where and when this happens, and what takes place in the exchange between the participants. The inquiry further charts the emotional and social consequences of rudeness and victimization, with the results challenging the widespread assumption that bad behaviour is toxic to community life. In conclusion the study draws upon its findings and surveys a range of strategies for reducing the level of incivility in everyday life, identifying some simple and innovative solutions. Incivility will appeal to criminologists, sociologists and scholars of urban studies"

Politesse --- Courtesy. --- Etiquette. --- Ceremonies --- Condolence, Etiquette of --- Manners --- Politeness --- Usages --- Conduct of life --- Manners and customs --- Civility --- Courteous behavior --- Courteousness --- Discourteous behavior --- Discourteousness --- Graciousness --- Impoliteness --- Polite behavior --- Rudeness --- Ungraciousness --- Etiquette --- Social Sciences --- Sociology --- Incivilités --- Savoir-vivre

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Pragmatic and sociolinguistic analyses of im/politeness have usually been dependent on context and cultural frames of reference. This new study approaches the concept from an original perspective, namely situatedness. Although politeness research often concentrates on examining how speeches or discourses themselves are situated with regards to different places and contexts, the focus on just one situation, and various text types within it, can also be of value. Situated Politeness is concerned with disentangling the factors which govern our behaviour within a given social context as well as ac

Politeness (Linguistics) --- Courtesy. --- Etiquette. --- Ceremonies --- Condolence, Etiquette of --- Manners --- Politeness --- Usages --- Conduct of life --- Manners and customs --- Civility --- Courteous behavior --- Courteousness --- Discourteous behavior --- Discourteousness --- Graciousness --- Impoliteness --- Polite behavior --- Rudeness --- Ungraciousness --- Etiquette --- Courtesy (Linguistics) --- Linguistics

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This study aims to investigate politeness in women's and men's speech, with a particular focus on the use of c'est-à-dire, enfin, hein and quoi in contemporary spoken French. Politeness is defined as going beyond the notion of the face-threatening act, englobing both everyday ideas of politeness and the creation of sociability in face-to-face interaction.The pragmatic particles studied are demonstrated to serve both psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic purposes: they lubricate reformulation and contribute to both sociability and social indexation.The study, which combines qualitative and quantitative analysis, is based on a corpus of spontaneous spoken French, comprising 155,000 words, 95 interviews and subjects ranging in age from 7 to 88 years. The sample contains speakers from a broader range of educational backgrounds than is often the case: a butcher, a video-salesman and a toiletteur canin rub shoulders with counter assistants, teachers and doctors.

French language --- Pragmatics --- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES --- Linguistics / General --- Women --- Courtesy --- Romance Languages --- Languages & Literatures --- Civility --- Courteous behavior --- Courteousness --- Discourteous behavior --- Discourteousness --- Graciousness --- Impoliteness --- Manners --- Polite behavior --- Politeness --- Rudeness --- Ungraciousness --- Etiquette --- Language and languages --- Langue d'oïl --- Romance languages --- Particles --- Sex differences --- Language --- Courtesy. --- Particles. --- Sex differences. --- Language.

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Courtesy --- Etiquette --- Masculinity --- Men --- Human males --- Human beings --- Males --- Effeminacy --- Masculinity (Psychology) --- Sex (Psychology) --- Ceremonies --- Condolence, Etiquette of --- Manners --- Politeness --- Usages --- Conduct of life --- Manners and customs --- Civility --- Courteous behavior --- Courteousness --- Discourteous behavior --- Discourteousness --- Graciousness --- Impoliteness --- Polite behavior --- Rudeness --- Ungraciousness --- History --- Europe --- Social life and customs. --- Geschiedenis van opvoeding en onderwijs --- History. --- handboeken en inleidingen. --- Social life and customs --- Courtesy - Europe - History.