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Antropologicheskij forum, 2015, no. 27

 

A Review of DÁNIEL Z. KÁDÁR, MICHAEL HAUGH, UNDERSTANDING POLITENESS. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013, 295 pp.

Ekaterina Rudneva

European University at St Petersburg
3 Gagarinskaya Str., St Petersburg, Russia
erudneva()eu.spb.ru

Abstract: This review provides a concise overview of the field of politeness research and investigates the approach suggested by Dániel Kádár and Michael Haugh in their work, Understanding Politeness. The book is composed of three well-structured parts (Theoretical Framework, Politeness and Time, Politeness and Social Space: from Mind to Society), and contains detailed examples of analysis within various frameworks. It provides interactive material for discussion and clear explanations of all terminology. The authors present their innovative approach to studying interaction, focusing on (im)politeness through time and social space. Understanding Politeness can be used as a study book for students majoring in pragmatics and is a must-read for politeness researchers.

Keywords: politeness, impoliteness, theories of politeness, historical (im)politeness, pragmatics.

To cite: Rudneva E., 'A Revew of Dániel Z. Kádár, Michael Haugh, Understanding Politeness. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013, 295 pp.', Antropologicheskij forum, 2015, no. 27, pp. 214–221.

URL: http://anthropologie.kunstkamera.ru/files/pdf/027/rudneva.pdf