This collection of essays by the Linguistic Politeness Research Group represents the results of over a decade of the group's research, discussions, seminars and
Much like in everyday life, politeness is key to the smooth running of relationships and interactions. Professional contexts, however, tend to be characterised
Sociopragmatics is a rapidly growing field and this is the first ever handbook dedicated to this exciting area of study. Bringing together an international team
This volume brings together two highly researched but also highly controversial concepts, those of politeness and implicature. A theory of implicature as social