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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Russian Journal of Linguistics</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Russian Journal of Linguistics</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Russian Journal of Linguistics</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2687-0088</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2686-8024</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">39432</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2687-0088-35650</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">CXPOZR</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Articles</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Статьи</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="zh"><subject>Articles</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Facework in teacher-student email interactions</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Сохранение лица в электронной переписке преподавателей и студентов</trans-title></trans-title-group><trans-title-group xml:lang="zh"><trans-title/></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4651-9161</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Tsoumou</surname><given-names>Jean Mathieu</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Цуму</surname><given-names>Жан Матье</given-names></name><name xml:lang="zh"><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>holds a PhD in English studies and a Masters degree in English linguistics from Complutense University of Madrid/Spain. He currently works for La Universidad Europea de Madrid, where he teaches ESP to undergraduate students. He is mainly interested in pragmatics, multilingualism, (im)politeness, discourse analysis, sociolinguistics and politics. He has published in international journals, including the Journal of Pragmatics and Journal of Politeness: Language, Behaviour, Culture.</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>получил степень PhD в области англистики и степень магистра по лингвистике в Университете Комплутенсе (Мадрид, Испания). В настоящее время преподает английский для специальных целей (ESP) в Европейском университете Мадрида. Сферу его научных интересов составляют прагматика, многоязычие, (не)вежливость, дискурс-анализ, социолингвистика и политология. Имеет публикации в международных журналах, включая Journal of Pragmatics и Journal of Politeness: Language, Behaviour, Culture.</p></bio><email>190589jeanmathieu@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Universidad Europea de Madrid</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Европейский университет Мадрида</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="zh"></institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2024-06-07" publication-format="electronic"><day>07</day><month>06</month><year>2024</year></pub-date><volume>28</volume><issue>2</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">VOL 28, NO2 (2024)</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">ТОМ 28, №2 (2024)</issue-title><fpage>243</fpage><lpage>265</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2024-06-07"><day>07</day><month>06</month><year>2024</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2024, Tsoumou J.M.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2024, Цуму Ж.М.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="zh">Copyright ©; 2024, Tsoumou J.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2024</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Tsoumou J.M.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Цуму Ж.М.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="zh">Tsoumou J.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/linguistics/article/view/39432">https://journals.rudn.ru/linguistics/article/view/39432</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p style="text-align: justify;">Two trends have become prominent in higher education worldwide. On the one hand, globalization has favored the expansion and influence of the English language. On the other hand, email has become one of the main forms of communication in academic settings, especially in teacher-student out-of-class correspondence. While these facts have increasingly attracted scholarship attention, studies in education seem to focus more on the students’ display of face(work) alone, while neglecting the teacher’s counterpart. To redress this imbalance, the present study aims to examine face(work) as displayed in students’ email requests for consideration (e.g., on late assignments submission and class attendance) and teachers’ responses. A qualitative analysis of 20 sets of teacher-student interactions reveals different strategies opted for by the students and the teacher in face(work) management. Drawing on face-constituting theory, the findings show that whilst the students are concerned with their own face alone, the teacher is concerned with how to avoid classroom conflicts in the way that attends to one’s own face, the students’ face and the classroom harmony. In this way, the management of face(work) operates in a complex and dynamic way that allows the co-construction and reaffirmation of their respective identities. For example, whilst the students’ actions overlook the relevance of the interdependence relation between them, their peers and the teacher, which is critical for the harmony of the classroom, the teacher’s actions privilege connectedness over separateness. Furthermore, the findings suggest that cultural specificities governing the backgrounds of both the teacher and the students are not always influential in the management of face in email interactions.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p style="text-align: justify;">В современном высшем образовании можно отметить две важные тенденции: (1) вызванное глобализацией расширение и влияние английского языка и (2) широкое использование электронной переписки, ставшей одной из основных форм общения в академической среде, особенно среди преподавателей и студентов. Хотя электронная коммуникация в сфере образования является объектом многих исследований, в центре внимания находятся в основном нацеленные на поддержание лица стратегии студентов. Чтобы устранить этот дисбаланс, в данной статье ставится цель проанализировать как стратегии студентов (в электронных письмах, содержащих запросы о поздней сдаче заданий, посещении занятий и т. д.), так и стратегии преподавателей (в ответных письмах). Качественный анализ 20 примеров взаимодействия преподавателя и студента, проведенный с использованием теории конституирования лица, выявил различия в стратегиях, используемых студентами и преподавателями для поддержания лица. Результаты показывают, что студентов главным образом заботит их собственное лицо, в то время как преподаватель стремится избегать конфликтов в учебном процессе, проявляя заботу о своем лице, лице студентов и сохранении гармонии в классе. Таким образом, «управление лицом» является сложным и динамичным процессом, позволяющим совместно создавать и утверждать идентичности участников коммуникации. Например, если действия студентов не учитывают важности отношений взаимозависимости между ними, их однокурсниками и преподавателем, которые имеют решающее значение для гармонии в учебном процессе, преподаватель отдает предпочтение единению, а не разобщенности. Кроме того, результаты показывают, что культурные различия между преподавателем и студентами не всегда влияют на стратегии сохранения лица при общении по электронной почте.</p></trans-abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="zh"/><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>facework</kwd><kwd>im/politeness</kwd><kwd>requests</kwd><kwd>emails</kwd><kwd>teacher-student interaction</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>работа по сохранению лица</kwd><kwd>(не)вежливость</kwd><kwd>запрос</kwd><kwd>электронные письма</kwd><kwd>взаимодействие между преподавателем и студентом</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Alemi, Minoo &amp; Zahra Maleknia. 2023. 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