Dr Mabel Victoria's Outputs (63)

Power and Politeness: Social Interaction in Philippine Higher Education Classrooms (2009)
Journal Article
Victoria, M. (2009). Power and Politeness: Social Interaction in Philippine Higher Education Classrooms. Philippine Journal of Linguistics, 40, 17-32

The strategic use of impoliteness to convey caring relations: A Philippine cultural perspective (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Victoria, M. (2009, June). The strategic use of impoliteness to convey caring relations: A Philippine cultural perspective. Paper presented at Linguistic Impoliteness And Rudeness Conference, Lancaster University

It has been claimed that in some discourse contexts, huge power differential and training philosophy account for the pervasiveness of impoliteness (Culpeper 1996: 359). In this ethnographic-based study of two nursing classrooms in the Philippines, I... Read More about The strategic use of impoliteness to convey caring relations: A Philippine cultural perspective.

How Professors and Students in two Universities in the Philippines Do Power and Politeness in the Classroom (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Victoria, M. (2008, July). How Professors and Students in two Universities in the Philippines Do Power and Politeness in the Classroom. Paper presented at 4th International Symposium on Politeness “East Meets West”, Budapest

This research investigates how professors and students from two universities in the Philippines linguistically enact power and politeness in the classroom. Professors can be seen to have more power than their students by virtue of their status, age,... Read More about How Professors and Students in two Universities in the Philippines Do Power and Politeness in the Classroom.