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Honorific Speech

Honorific Speech is a form of epideictic rhetoric that belongs to the genus of ceremonial discourse and is differentiated by its function of expressing praise or blame in a ritualized, culturally codified manner to affirm shared values, elevate individuals or groups, and reinforce social hierarchies through elevated or deferential linguistic forms.

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2017–2026

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Ideologies of honorific language

Judith T. Irvine · Pragmatics Quarterly Publication of the International Pragmatics Association (IPrA) · 2015 · 208 citations · Full text

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The role of linguistic indirectness and honorifics in achieving linguistic politeness in Korean requests

Andrew Sangpil Byon · Journal of Politeness Research · 2006 · 157 citations

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With Respect to Zulu: Revisiting ukuHlonipha

Judith T. Irvine, Liz Gunner · Anthropological Quarterly · 2018 · 121 citations

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Phonetics and politeness: Perceiving Korean honorific and non-honorific speech through phonetic cues

Lucien Brown, Bodo Winter, Kaori Idemaru et al. · Journal of Pragmatics · 2014 · 110 citations

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Grammatical and Indexical Convention in Honorific Discourse

Asif Agha · Journal of Linguistic Anthropology · 1993 · 106 citations

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Authors

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  1. LB
    Lucien Brown

    Monash University, Australia

    6 publications · 288 citations

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  2. TO
    Tsunao Ogino

    3 publications · 74 citations

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  3. PJ
    Patricia J. Wetzel

    Portland State University, United States

    2 publications · 24 citations

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  4. HM
    Haruko Minegishi Cook

    University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, United States

    2 publications · 158 citations

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  5. JT
    Judith T. Irvine

    Brandeis University, United States

    2 publications · 329 citations

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Institutions

43

  1. University of Oregon

    Eugene, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    328 citations

  2. University of Massachusetts Amherst

    Amherst Center, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    213 citations

  3. Harvard University Press

    Cambridge, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    31 citations

  4. SOAS University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    115 citations

  5. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

    Honolulu, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    158 citations

  6. Hasanuddin University

    Makassar, Indonesia

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    30 citations

  7. Aoyama Gakuin University

    Tokyo, Japan

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    17 citations

  8. Ashland University

    Ashland, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    22 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Pragmatics

    9 publications · 388 citations

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  2. Journal of Politeness Research

    4 publications · 287 citations

    4

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  3. International Journal of the Sociology of Language

    IJSL · 3 publications · 44 citations

    3

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  4. Journal of Linguistic Anthropology

    JLA · 3 publications · 234 citations

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  5. Multilingua

    2 publications · 47 citations

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