Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Acknowledgements xi
4. Preface xiii
5. Chapter 1. Impoliteness in interaction 1
6. Chapter 2. Implicature: (Mis)understanding grice 21
7. Chapter 3. Face within a model of im/politeness 33
8. Chapter 4. Perspectives on politeness and impoliteness 43
9. Chapter 5. The realisation of impoliteness 99
10. Chapter 6. The dynamics of impoliteness I: Dynamics at the utterance level 145
11. Chapter 7. The dynamics of impoliteness II: Dynamics at the discoursal level 169
12. Chapter 8. The dynamics of impoliteness III: Exploiting the rules of the turn taking system 223
13. Chapter 9. Conclusion 261
14. Bibliography and references 269
15. Index 279