Impoliteness: Using Language to Cause Offence by Jonathan Culpeper

Impoliteness: Using Language to Cause Offence

Studies in Interactional Sociolinguistics

Jonathan Culpeper

308 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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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 dra...

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