Matching and mismatching verbal and nonverbal politeness in egyptians' congratulation, condolence, and consolation

Author

Muhammad, Majda Adli Sayid

Source

Bulletin of the Faculty of Arts

Issue

Vol. 2021, Issue 60 (31 Jul. 2021), pp.25-53, 29 p.

Publisher

Sohag University Faculty of Art

Publication Date

2021-07-31

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

29

Main Subjects

Literature

Topics

Abstract EN

As how it is to be said is as important as what is said, being
polite does not depend only on polite uttering but more on
behaving politely.

To argue for this regard, this study
investigates the influence of speech-behavior matching and
mismatching on the perception of politeness in Egyptians‟
social interactions of offering and responding to
congratulations, condolences, and consolations.

By multi-modally analyzing the verbal expressions and their
synchronous nonverbal behaviors including facial expressions,
gestures, body positions and orientations, touching, and tones
of voice, in 165 scenes collected from three Egyptian
television series concerning the interactions of congratulation,
condolence, and consolation, this study aims at fulfilling a
multimodal attitude of politeness through covering its
linguistic and non-linguistic manifestations in the light of
Brown and Levinson‟s (1987) Politeness Theory.

With respect
to the disparity of the social variables of gender, social
distance, and power among Egyptian interlocutors, the attitude
of politeness is appeared to be highly influenced by matching
the verbal expressions with their co-nonverbal behaviors.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Muhammad, Majda Adli Sayid. 2021. Matching and mismatching verbal and nonverbal politeness in egyptians' congratulation, condolence, and consolation. Bulletin of the Faculty of Arts،Vol. 2021, no. 60, pp.25-53.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1258300

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Muhammad, Majda Adli Sayid. Matching and mismatching verbal and nonverbal politeness in egyptians' congratulation, condolence, and consolation. Bulletin of the Faculty of Arts No. 60 (Jul. 2021), pp.25-53.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1258300

American Medical Association (AMA)

Muhammad, Majda Adli Sayid. Matching and mismatching verbal and nonverbal politeness in egyptians' congratulation, condolence, and consolation. Bulletin of the Faculty of Arts. 2021. Vol. 2021, no. 60, pp.25-53.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1258300

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

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Record ID

BIM-1258300