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Every society has its own politeness rules, which are realised by partly conventional linguistic forms. In this seminar we will look at how such rule systems and their realisations can be theoretically described in different ways. We will pay attention to models developed from different viewpoints, such as European vs Asian. We will look at realisations of (im)politeness within monolingual situations, in cross-cultural contexts and in contexts from different times (English speakers in the past were much less ‘polite' than modern ones). |
