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  1. 1. The Polite Press Release - Politeness in English/Japanese press releases following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear accident

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Japanska

    Författare :Johan Nordgren; [2012]
    Nyckelord :Japanese; English; Polite; Politeness; Face; PR; Business Relationships; Keigo; Press Release; Brown and Levinson; TEPCO; BP; Deepwater Horizon; Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill; Fukushima Daiichi; Great East Japan Earthquake; Languages and Literatures;

    Sammanfattning : This essay attempts to distinguish differences in politeness in Japanese and English press releases, with a specific focus on TEPCO and BP in the aftermath of their respective environmental disasters. Through the use of discourse analysis, PR theory and the Brown and Levinson politeness model I find that the Japanese press releases favour negative politeness, whereas the English favour positive politeness. LÄS MER