In this paper, blunt slogans used in China's health campaign against coronavirus are closely
examined and the public's conflicting comments on them are analyzed. These slogans, due …

Given the contested notion of culture, intercultural (im) politeness represents an
understudied area of research. Yet,(im) politeness research should examine broader social …

This article presents a multifaceted comparative investigation into the linguistic impoliteness
in the negative online consumer reviews on one of the world's largest e-commerce tycoons …

This article focuses on the use of impoliteness strategies in the discourse of American,
Bulgarian, Polish, and Ukrainian parliaments. Our research of impolite rhetoric, also known …

This paper approaches the study of conflict through an examination of Spanish
metapragmatic labels and comments of impoliteness on Twitter. The aim is twofold. It first …

This study investigates impolite natural Ghanaian conversations using a pragmatic
approach. It is aimed at describing the types of impoliteness strategies, how they are …

The present study analyses the impoliteness of criticism over social status and distance,
incorporating the concept of" levels of imposition." Criticism as a fundamental speech act is …

Discrimination against the LGBTQ+ community can manifest in various ways. Several
indicators have been devised to identify and measure the extent of discrimination. This …

The various languages of the world employ very different systems for gender categorisation.
The strategies span from employing no grammatical gender at all to using a broad variety of …

Kesantunan dan ketidaksantunan merupakan dua hal yang tidak dapat dipisahkan. Ketika
seseorang memberikan penilaian tidak santun maka sesungguhnya orang tersebut juga …