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' …

This volume brings together two highly researched but also highly controversial concepts,
those of politeness and implicature. A theory of implicature as social action and …

This chapter focuses on genuine linguistic impoliteness, that is to say, linguistic material that
is associated with offensive effects. It discusses some of the most central concepts and …

Teasing has often been linked with studies of face, with many analysts claiming that it can be
interpreted as face-threatening and/or face-supportive depending on the context. Since …

It is an enduring theme of humanity that people are concerned about what others think of
them. Studies focusing on this concern about what others think of us have, following the …

This paper examines naturally-occurring university seminar interactions1 in Australia and
reports an analysis of the politeness orientation of participants with Japanese and Australian …

Routledge Introductions to Applied Linguistics is a series of introductory level textbooks
covering the core topics in Applied Linguistics, primarily designed for those beginning …

En general, se supone en pragmática que la imagen social es en esencia “un aspecto del
yo atribuido socialmente”, y que la cortesía es un tipo de actividad de imagen, junto con …

The notions of politeness and implicature are key concepts in the field of pragmatics, yet
while there have been numerous studies on politeness and implicature phenomena in …

Learners of languages often face various dilemmas in relation to their identities in that
language. In this paper, it is argued that if learners of Japanese are to learn how to …