Teaching and Learning (Im)politeness

The next international (Im)Politeness conference, under the aegis of the Linguistic Politeness Research Group (LPRG), is being held at SOAS, University of London, from 8 to 10 July 2013. Its theme is Teaching and Learning (Im)Politeness.

Information for Participants

• Invited Speakers
• Call for Papers
• Scientific Committee
• Conference Programme (pdf; 1282kb)

Conference Theme

The staggering explosion of research on (im)politeness we have witnessed in recent decades has arguably paid relatively little attention (especially at the theoretical level) to one aspect which is crucial to the description of any cultural phenomenon. This is the transmission of and acculturation to (im)polite norms and associated linguistic systems (e.g. honorifics), or, in very broad terms, the ‘teaching’ and ‘learning’ of (im)politeness.

Please see the link above to the " call for papers " for more information on the conference theme".

Organiser: Dr Barbara Pizziconi (Chair), Dr Jim O'Driscoll and Centres & Programmes Office

Contact email: centres@soas.ac.uk

Contact Tel: 020 7898 4892/3