Aspects of Linguistic Impoliteness

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Aspects of Linguistic Impoliteness aims to bring together a wide range of theoretical and methodological approaches exploring the notion of “impoliteness” and the usage of impoliteness phenomena in language and discourse per se, instead of simply considering impoliteness as “politeness that has gone wrong”. Impoliteness draws mainly on linguistics, but also its sub-disciplines, as well as related disciplines such as psychology, philosophy, sociology, anthropology and communication.

Various researchers have been selected to contribute to Aspects of Linguistic Impoliteness, and the diversity of sub-disciplinary approaches is reflected in the multi-dimensional organisation of the five sections of the book.

The book is divided into five thematic parts, with 16 chapters in all, as follows. The first part aims to study the links between impoliteness and rudeness, by providing a general framework to these notions. The second part deals with occurrences of impoliteness in television series and drama, when the third part mainly focuses on the discursive creations of impoliteness found in literary works. The fourth part concentrates on impoliteness and the philosophy of language, and the fifth and final part offers some case-studies of impoliteness in modern communication.

Table of contents

 

• Introduction — p. vii
  Denis JAMET and Manuel JOBERT
• List of contributors — p. xiii

 

I. General Approaches to Impoliteness and Rudeness

 

• Impoliteness: Questions and Answers — p. 2
  Jonathan CULPEPER
• Politeness, Impoliteness, Non-Politeness, "Polirudeness". The Case of Political TV Debates — p. 16
  Catherine KERBRAT-ORECCHIONI
• The Power of Impoliteness: A Historical Perspective — p. 46
  Sandrine SORLIN

 

II. Impoliteness in Television Series and in Drama

 

• Dr. House and the Language of Offence — p. 60
  Linda PILLIÈRE
• Domestic and Professional Impoliteness in Fawlty Towers: Impoliteness as a Dramatic Device — p. 75
  Manuel JOBERT
• "Polite Company": Offensive Discourse in William Congreve's Comedies — p. 94
  Natalie MANDON-HUNTER

 

III. Impoliteness in Literature

 

• Medieval Rudeness: The English Version of a French Romance Custom — p. 110
  Brindusa GRIGORIU
• Paradoxes of Impoliteness in Vanity Fair, by W. M. Thackeray — p. 122
  Jacqueline FROMONOT
• Impoliteness and Rebellion in "Christmas" by John McGahern — p. 134
  Vanina JOBERT-MARTINI
• "Who are They to Talk to Us Like That?" Narrative Impoliteness and the Reader — p. 145
  Claire MAJOLA-LEBLOND

 

IV. Impoliteness in Philosophy of Language

 

• Systematized Impoliteness in the Nonsense World of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass — p. 160
  Célia SCHNEEBELI
• Impoliteness, agón, dissensus in "The Two Philosophers": Irvine Welsh and a Political Philosophy of Language — p. 172
  Simone RINZLER

 

V. Impoliteness and Modern Communication

 

• You Know: (Im)politeness Marker in Naturally Occurring Speech? — p. 190
  Isabelle GAUDY-CAMPBELL
• Alternative Spelling and Censorship: The Treatment of Profanities in Virtual Communities — p. 209
  Laura-Gabrielle GAUDET
• Fanning the Flames? A Study of Insult Forums on the Internet — p. 223
  Bertrand RICHET

 

• Index — p. 242

 

Référence

Denis Jamet, Manuel Jobert (eds.) / Aspects of linguistic impoliteness / Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013 / ISBN : 978-1-4438-4905-0 / xii-243 p.

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