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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
3631881509
ISBN-13
9783631881507
Edition
New
Publisher
Peter Lang AG
Imprint
Peter Lang AG
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 25th, 2022
Print length
352 Pages
Weight
86 grams
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This book presents the first large-scale investigation of the structure and functions of linguistic impoliteness and impoliteness metalanguage in contemporary British children’s fiction. The study ties together findings from pragmatics, language acquisition research, literary studies, and translation studies with novel data-driven insights.
"This book presents the first large-scale investigation of the structure and functions of linguistic impoliteness and impoliteness metalanguage in contemporary British children''s fiction. The study ties together findings from pragmatics, language acquisition research, literary studies, and translation studies with novel data-driven insights. The study shows that children''s fiction prefers direct, unmitigated impoliteness tokens to highlight key aspects of plot and characterisation. Impoliteness metalanguage is used to clarify impoliteness events to the child. The study provides a framework for the investigation of impoliteness in translation, which gives evidence of pragmatic differences, as well as differing views of children''s cognitive abilities in two linguacultures"--
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