Impoliteness : Using Language to Cause Offence

Name: Impoliteness
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9780521689779
Price: 5500 KES
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ISBN: 9780521689779

by Jonathan Culpeper

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Format Paperback / softback

Book Series Studies in Interactional Sociolinguistics

ISBN-10 0521689775

ISBN-13 9780521689779

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Imprint Cambridge University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Jan 6th, 2011

Print length 308 Pages

Weight 458 grams

Dimensions 15.00 x 23.00 x 1.90 cms

Product Classification: Sociolinguistics Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography Social and cultural anthropology Social, group or collective psychology

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When is language considered 'impolite'? Is impolite language only used for anti-social purposes? 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.

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.

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