Impoliteness: Using Language to Cause Offence (= Studies in Interactional Sociolinguistics, Vol. 28).

Culpeper, Jonathan.

ISBN 10: 0521869676 / ISBN 13: 9780521869676

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2011

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XIV/292 pp., ex-library copy with label on spine and stamps, binding a bit rubbed / bumped, else good and clean, text in English, -Please note: Due to the new US customs regulations orders from the US cannot be processed- Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 500 original softcover (no dustjacket),

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Impoliteness: Using Language to Cause Offence (= Studies in Interactional Sociolinguistics, Vol. 28).
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521869676
• ISBN 13: 9780521869676
• Binding: Soft cover
• Weight: 500 grams
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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Jonathan Culpeper is based in the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University.