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Introduction to politeness and impoliteness research in global contexts

Locher, Miriam A. and Larina, Tatiana V.. (2019) Introduction to politeness and impoliteness research in global contexts. Russian Journal of Linguistics, 23 (4). pp. 873-903.

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Abstract

Im/politeness research has been a solid and growing research field in sociolinguistics, pragmatics and discourse analysis during the last four decades. The scientific interest in this topic is not accidental and may be explained by the general anthropocentric paradigm of modern interdisciplinary linguistic studies which are not focused on the language as an abstract system, but on its  functioning in various contexts and types of interaction. Knowledge of the strategies and politeness mechanisms used in various social and cultural contexts promotes mutual understanding in communication. In this introduction to the special issue on im/politeness in global contexts we will briefly position the topic of im/politeness research, highlight advancements in im/politeness theory, method and data. We then turn to a brief synopsis of each individual paper and highlight the theoretical and methodological contributions and innovations proposed by our authors. We end with a discussion of the results and a brief outlook on future research.
Faculties and Departments:04 Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > Departement Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften > Fachbereich Englische Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > English Linguistics (Locher)
UniBasel Contributors:Locher, Miriam A.
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Peoples' Friendship University of Russia
ISSN:2312-9182
e-ISSN:2312-9212
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
Language:English
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