Politeness Across Cultures

This is the first edited collection to examine politeness in a range of diverse cultures. Most essays draw on empirical data from a wide variety of languages, including key languages in politeness research, such as English, and Japanese, as well as some lesser-studied languages, such as Georgian. The volume also includes four studies that discuss theoretical and empirical aspects of `face', a construct that continues to attract much attention across disciplines. The specially-commissioned essays in this collection will be of interest to scholars, researchers and advanced students in sociolinguistics, pragmatics, discourse studies, anthropology and intercultural communication.

Francesca Bargiela-Chiappini is Honorary Assistant Professor in the Centre of Applied Linguistics, University of Warwick, UK. She has a long-standing research interest in intercultural communication and intercultural pragmatics. Recent publications include an edited volume on Face, Communication and Social Interaction (2009) and a special journal issue on Face in Interaction (2010), both with Michael Haugh.
Daniel Z. Kadar is Research Fellow in the Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Associate Professor in Asia University, Taiwan. His main fields of interest include linguistic politeness, sociopragmatics and the sociocultural development of politeness in the East Asian region. His recent publications include volumes such as Politeness in East Asia (with Sara Mills) and Historical and Contemporary Chinese Politeness (with Yuling Pan) as well as papers in international journals.