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Author Culpeper, Jonathan, 1966-

Title Impoliteness : using language to cause offence / Jonathan Culpeper
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011
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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 292 pages) : illustrations
Series Studies in interactional sociolinguistics ; v. 28
Studies in interactional sociolinguistics ; v. 28.
Contents Introducing impoliteness -- Understanding impoliteness I: face and social norms -- Understanding impoliteness II: intentionality and emotions -- Impoliteness metadiscourse -- Conventionalised formulaic impoliteness and its intensification -- Non-conventionalised impoliteness: implicational impoliteness -- Impoliteness events: co-texts and contexts -- Impoliteness events: functions -- Conclusions
Summary "When is language considered 'impolite'? Is impolite language only used for anti-social purposes? Can impolite language be creative? What is the difference between 'impoliteness' and 'rudeness'? Grounded in naturally-occurring language data and drawing on findings from linguistic pragmatics and social psychology, Jonathan Culpeper provides a fascinating account of how impolite behaviour works. He examines not only its forms and functions but also people's understandings of it in both public and private contexts. He reveals, for example, the emotional consequences of impoliteness, how it shapes and is shaped by contexts, and how it is sometimes institutionalised. This book offers penetrating insights into a hitherto neglected and poorly understood phenomenon. It will be welcomed by students and researchers in linguistics and social psychology in particular"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-287) and index
Notes English
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Subject Politeness (Linguistics)
English language -- Honorific.
Power (Social sciences)
Interpersonal relations.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- General.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Sociolinguistics.
English language -- Honorific
Interpersonal relations
Politeness (Linguistics)
Power (Social sciences)
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