Facework and im/politeness across legal contexts: An introduction
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Dawn Archer
Abstract
In this introductory essay, I outline some of the studies which have already explored facework and im/politeness in legal contexts: specifically, Lakoff (Multilingua 8: 101–29, 1989), Penman (Facework and politeness: Multiple goals in courtroom discourse, Multilingual Matters, 1990), Archer (Verbal aggression and impoliteness: Related or synonymous, Mouton de Gruyter, 2008, under review), Limberg (Threats in conflict talk: Impoliteness and manipulation, Mouton de Gruyter, 2008) and Harris (Discourse and Society 12: 451–72, forthcoming 2011). Having suggested ways in which these studies have helped to shape and advance current thinking on facework and im/politeness, in both legal contexts and also more generally, I move on to outline the papers in this special edition, and the issues raised therein.
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Articles in the same Issue
- Facework and im/politeness across legal contexts: An introduction
- Paedophiles and politeness in email communications: Community of practice needs that define face-threat
- Polite incivility in defensive attack: Strategic politeness and impoliteness in cross-examination in the David Irving vs. Penguin Books Ltd and Deborah Lipstadt trial
- Libelling Oscar Wilde: The case of Regina vs. John Sholto Douglas
- Power confrontation and verbal duelling in the arraignment section of XVII century trials
- A facework system of minimal politeness: Oral argument in appellate court
- Epilogue: Facework and im/politeness across legal contexts
- Face, communication and social interaction, by Francesca Bargiela-Chiappini and Michael Haugh (eds.)
Articles in the same Issue
- Facework and im/politeness across legal contexts: An introduction
- Paedophiles and politeness in email communications: Community of practice needs that define face-threat
- Polite incivility in defensive attack: Strategic politeness and impoliteness in cross-examination in the David Irving vs. Penguin Books Ltd and Deborah Lipstadt trial
- Libelling Oscar Wilde: The case of Regina vs. John Sholto Douglas
- Power confrontation and verbal duelling in the arraignment section of XVII century trials
- A facework system of minimal politeness: Oral argument in appellate court
- Epilogue: Facework and im/politeness across legal contexts
- Face, communication and social interaction, by Francesca Bargiela-Chiappini and Michael Haugh (eds.)
