The Grammar of Impoliteness
Author:   Daniel Van Olmen ,  Marta Andersson ,  Jonathan Culpeper ,  Riccardo Giomi
Publisher:   De Gruyter
ISBN:  

9783111475271


Pages:   290
Publication Date:   03 November 2025
Format:   Hardback
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The Grammar of Impoliteness


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The dominant view in linguistics nowadays is that impoliteness is purely a matter of situational assessments by speech participants. This volume challenges that orthodoxy. Bringing together studies on structures that convey insults, threats and more in a wide range of languages, it shows that there is, in fact, a formal side to impoliteness. The volume reveals shared features of and sources for grammatical expressions of impoliteness, explores ways in which their impolite character can be established and offers new insights into their diachrony.

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Author:   Daniel Van Olmen ,  Marta Andersson ,  Jonathan Culpeper ,  Riccardo Giomi
Publisher:   De Gruyter
Imprint:   De Gruyter Mouton
ISBN:  

9783111475271


ISBN 10:   3111475271
Pages:   290
Publication Date:   03 November 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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M. Andersson, Uppsala, Sweden; J. Culpeper, Lancaster, UK; R. Giomi, Amsterdam, Netherlands; D. Van Olmen, Lancaster, UK.

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