Cross Cultural Linguistic Politeness Research Group: Introduction

Francesca Bargiela: et al:' Ethnocentrism, Politeness and Naming Strategies'

Chris Christie: 'Politeness and the Linguistic Construction of Gender in Parliament'

Karen Grainger: 'Politeness or Impoliteness?: Verbal Play on the Hospital Ward'

Andrew Merrison: 'Politeness in Task-Oriented Dialogue'

Louise Mullany: '"I don't think you want me to get a word in edgeways, do you John?": Reassessing (im)politeness, language and gender in political broadcast interviews'

Reviews of: Ann Bayraktaroglu and Maria Sifianou, eds., Linguistic Politeness Across Boundaries (Corinne Boz); Gino Eelen, A Critique of Politeness Theories (Abdurrahman Hamza); Saeko Fukushima, Requests and Culture (Andrew Merrison); Helen Spencer-Oatey, ed., Culturally Speaking (Sara Mills)

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The aim of Working Papers on the Web is to produce a high quality, cutting edge series of collections of essays on particular themes which reflect the research strengths of the staff and postgraduates in English Studies at Sheffield Hallam University. The department brings together staff and postgraduates working in English literature and literary theory, creative writing and linguistics, and this series of working papers reflects the way that the department integrates these three interests. Each series of the working papers is commissioned by a staff member of the English Studies department; researchers in the field, from other universities and from Sheffield Hallam, are asked to contribute essays.

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