@article{oai:tsuru.repo.nii.ac.jp:00000611, author = {FUKUSHIMA, Saeko}, issue = {17}, journal = {都留文科大学大学院紀要, 都留文科大学大学院紀要}, month = {Mar}, note = {This paper investigates attentiveness from the perspective of metapragmatics. Attentiveness is defined as a demonstrator’s preemptive response to a beneficiary’s verbal/non-verbal cues or to situations surrounding a beneficiary and a demonstrator, which takes the form of offering. In this paper, the process of demonstrating and evaluating attentiveness is shown; and attentiveness is examined in relation to empathy and inference. These three are important in understanding im/politeness in Japanese culture.}, pages = {19--34}, title = {An Attentiveness Perspective in Metapragmatics of Im/politeness}, year = {2013} }