| Impoliteness: Using Language to Cause Offence Contributor(s): Culpeper, Jonathan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0511975759 ISBN-13: 9780511975752 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $140.25 Product Type: Open Ebook - Other Formats Published: May 2011 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Series: Studies in Interactional Sociolinguistics |
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| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Culpeper, Jonathan: - Jonathan Culpeper is based in the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University. |