This chapter surveys the concept of face and the derivative term 'facework'as used in the
field of (Im) politeness studies. It begins with a historical account: how it was originally …

Teaching and Researching Listening provides a focused, state-of-the-art treatment of the
linguistic, psycholinguistic and pragmatic processes that are involved in oral language use …

This volume brings together two highly researched but also highly controversial concepts,
those of politeness and implicature. A theory of implicature as social action and …

Face Constituting Theory addresses the question “How do participants achieve face in
everyday talk?” explaining face and facework as achieved by participants engaged in face …

Disagreement can be defined as the expression of a view that differs from that expressed by
another speaker. Yet, in the relevant literature, disagreement is mostly seen as …

“I have been seriously told that 'Poles/Russians/etc. are never polite'”(Leech 1983: 84) Since
the first systematic accounts of politeness have emerged from pragmatic theory in the late …

Routledge Applied Linguistics is a series of comprehensive textbooks, providing students
and researchers with the support they need for advanced study in the core areas of English …

Arranged marriages in Asia involve the consent and approval of family members. However,
marriages that condone elopement are shared among the Sasak people in Lombok. The …

Routledge English Language Introductions cover core areas of language study and are one-
stop resources for students. Assuming no prior knowledge, books in the series offer an …

It is an enduring theme of humanity that people are concerned about what others think of
them. Studies focusing on this concern about what others think of us have, following the …