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The volume addresses the enormous imbalance that exists between academic interest in politeness phenomena when compared to impoliteness phenomena. Researchers working with Brown and Levinson's ([1978] 1987) seminal work on politeness rarely focused explicitly on impoliteness. As a result, only one aspect of facework/relational work has been studied in detail. Next to this research desideratum, politeness research is on the move again, with alternative conceptions of politeness to those of Brown
Who reads Impoliteness in Language: Studies on its Interplay with Power in Theory and Practice (Language, Power and Social Process [LPSP], 21)?
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Derek Bousfield and Miriam A. Locher
- Publisher
- De Gruyter Mouton
- Published
- 2008
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9783110208344
- Category
- language
- Subjects
- Language Learning, Linguistics, Science
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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