Chapter Seven: Impoliteness implicatures and offence

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of tables and figures viii
4. Transcription conventions ix
5. Morphological gloss conventions x
6. Preface xi
7. Introduction 1
8. Chapter One: Indirectness and im/politeness 13
9. Chapter Two: Approaches to implicature 41
10. Chapter Three: Implicature, social action and indeterminacy 86
11. Chapter Four: Implicature, im/politeness and social practice 142
12. Chapter Five: Situating im/politeness implicatures in interaction 189
13. Chapter Six: Politeness implicatures and social action 240
14. Chapter Seven: Impoliteness implicatures and offence 278
15. Chapter Eight: Conclusion 307
16. References 323
17. Index 353