Repetition and Reduction. Two Contrastive Characters of Politeness Formulas

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dc.contributor.author	Pagliaro Anna Chiara
dc.title	Repetition and Reduction. Two Contrastive Characters of Politeness Formulas in a Gender Perspective. The Case of the Italian cià cià and Similar Expressions
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	en
dc.description.abstract	This study is about politeness formulas as a class of fixed expressions and, in particular, it analyses the coexistence of two opposing phenomena – namely repetition and phonetic reduced variants – which contrasts with the typical stability and immutability of formulaic aspects in spoken communication. These aspects are discussed using the method of correlational sociolinguistics with reference to language and gender. The data show that men tend to use politeness formulas affected by repetition and reduction more than women. This tends to support the thesis according to which men are more exposed to linguistic variation and innovation while women would tend to a conservativeness and a tradition of the forms.
dc.relation.ispartof	Quaderni del Comitato Unico di Garanzia dell’Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2020-12-29
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-479-0/repetition-and-reduction-two-contrastive-character/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-478-3/005
dc.identifier.issn	2724-4652
dc.identifier.eissn	2724-5713
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-479-0
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-478-3
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
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dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Ciao
dc.subject	Ciao
dc.subject	Conservativeness
dc.subject	Conservativeness
dc.subject	Gender Studies
dc.subject	Gender Studies
dc.subject	Innovativeness
dc.subject	Innovativeness
dc.subject	Politeness Formulas
dc.subject	Politeness Formulas
dc.subject	Reduction
dc.subject	Reduction
dc.subject	Repetition
dc.subject	Repetition
dc.subject	Spoken Communication
dc.subject	Spoken Communication

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Repetition and Reduction. Two Contrastive Characters of Politeness Formulas in a Gender Perspective

The Case of the Italian cià cià and Similar Expressions

Anna Chiara Pagliaro Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italia

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This study is about politeness formulas as a class of fixed expressions and, in particular, it analyses the coexistence of two opposing phenomena – namely repetition and phonetic reduced variants – which contrasts with the typical stability and immutability of formulaic aspects in spoken communication. These aspects are discussed using the method of correlational sociolinguistics with reference to language and gender. The data show that men tend to use politeness formulas affected by repetition and reduction more than women. This tends to support the thesis according to which men are more exposed to linguistic variation and innovation while women would tend to a conservativeness and a tradition of the forms.

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Keywords: Politeness Formulas • Innovativeness • Ciao • Spoken Communication • Reduction • Repetition • Conservativeness • Gender Studies

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