This journal explores the multifaceted nature of politeness and impoliteness in human interaction. It examines how politeness strategies, including attentiveness, honorification, and the use of specific address forms, are employed across various social and cultural contexts. The journal also investigates impoliteness as a communicative strategy, its role in humor and political discourse, and its relationship with power dynamics. Furthermore, it analyzes how factors such as gender, age, and language choice influence the perception and performance of politeness and impoliteness.
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CommunicationQ1
Cultural StudiesQ1
Linguistics and LanguageQ1
Social PsychologyQ2
Subject Classification
Web of Science Categories
Language & LinguisticsLinguistics
Scopus Categories
Social PsychologyCultural StudiesLinguistics and LanguageCommunication
Research Topics (OpenAlex)
Language, Discourse, Communication StrategiesDiscourse Analysis in Language StudiesLanguage, Metaphor, and CognitionSwearing, Euphemism, MultilingualismMultilingual Education and PolicyDigital Communication and LanguageInterpreting and Communication in HealthcareLinguistic Variation and MorphologyHate Speech and Cyberbullying DetectionEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning