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relational work: a standalone construct

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Pragmatics

all the work people invest in negotiating relationships through talk, spanning polite, politic, impolite and over-polite behavior.

In pragmatics, relational work refers to all the work people invest in negotiating relationships through talk, spanning polite, politic, impolite and over-polite behavior. This meaning comes from Locher (2005) in Journal of Politeness Research. Language, Behaviour, Culture.[1]

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References

Locher, M. A., & Watts, R. J. (2005). Politeness Theory and Relational Work. Journal of Politeness Research. Language, Behaviour, Culture, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.1515/jplr.2005.1.1.9

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