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This introductory chapter sets the scene for the following chapters on politeness and impoliteness, briefly acknowledging the various ways in which (Im)politeness is conceptualised, and then discussing why a handbook of linguistic (Im)politeness is needed at this time. The structure of the handbook is overviewed, followed by brief discussion of where the field may be heading next.
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We also examined the combined frequencies of all three terms, politeness, impoliteness and (im)politeness. The overall pattern follows that of politeness, because instances of impoliteness and (Im)politeness are relatively few.
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In some cases, works may be reported more than once, although this is more noticeable for earlier works. These figures should thus be only considered as indicative of publishing trends.
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Culpeper, J., Haugh, M., Kádár, D.Z. (2017). Introduction. In: Culpeper, J., Haugh, M., Kádár, D. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Linguistic (Im)politeness. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-37508-7_1
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