Impoliteness in language studies on its interplay with power in theory and practice
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...
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Berlin, Germany
Mouton de Gruyter
2008
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| Series: | Language, power and social process
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : Impoliteness and power in language / Miriam A. Locher and Derek Bousfield
- Reflections on impoliteness, relational work and power / Jonathan Culpeper
- Toward a unified theory of politeness, impoliteness, and rudeness / Marina Terkourafi
- Relational work and impoliteness : negotiating norms of linguistic behaviour / Miriam A. Locher and Richard J. Watts
- Political campaign debates as zero-sum games : impoliteness and power in candidates' exchanges / María Dolores García-Pastor
- Impoliteness in the struggle for power / Derek Bousfield
- Threats in conflict talk : impoliteness and manipulation / Holger Limberg
- Verbal aggression and impoliteness : related or synonymous? / Dawn Elizabeth Archer
- Impoliteness as a means of contesting power relations in the workplace / Stephanie Schnurr, Meredith Marra and Janet Holmes
- "Stop hassling me!" Impoliteness, power and gender identity in the professional workplace / Louise Mullany
- "You're screwed either way" : an exploration of code-switching, impoliteness and power / Holly R. Cashman
- A manual for (im)politeness? The impact of the FAQ in an electronic community of practice / Sage Lambert Graham.