Impoliteness in language : studies on its interplay with power in theory and practice / edited by Derek Bousfield, Miriam A. Locher.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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This book is relevant for phonologists, morphologists, Slavists and cognitive linguists, and addresses two questions: How can the morphology-phonology interface be accommodated in cognitive linguistics? Do morphophonological alternations have a meaning? These questions are explored via a comprehensive analysis of stem alternations in Russian verbs. The analysis is couched in R.W. Langacker's Cognitive Grammar framework, and the book offers comparisons to other varieties of cognitive linguistics, such as Construction Grammar and Conceptual Integration. The proposed analysis is furthermore compared to rule-based and constraint-based approaches to phonology in generative grammar. Without resorting to underlying representations or procedural rules, the Cognitive Linguistics framework facilitates an insightful approach to abstract phonology, offering the important advantage of restrictiveness. Cognitive Grammar provides an analysis of an entire morphophonological system in terms of a parsimonious set of theoretical constructs that all have cognitive motivation. No ad hoc machinery is invoked, and the analysis yields strong empirical predictions. Another advantage is that Cognitive Grammar can identify the meaning of morphophonological alternations. For example, it is argued that stem alternations in Russian verbs conspire to signal non-past meaning. This book is accessible to a broad readership and offers a welcome contribution to phonology and morphology, which have been understudied in cognitive linguistics.

Introduction : Impoliteness and power in language / Miriam A. Locher and Derek Bousfield -- Reflections on impoliteness, relational work and power / Jonathan Culpeper -- Toward a unified theory of politeness, impoliteness, and rudeness / Marina Terkourafi -- Relational work and impoliteness : negotiating norms of linguistic behaviour / Miriam A. Locher and Richard J. Watts -- Political campaign debates as zero-sum games : impoliteness and power in candidates' exchanges / María Dolores García-Pastor -- Impoliteness in the struggle for power / Derek Bousfield -- Threats in conflict talk : impoliteness and manipulation / Holger Limberg -- Verbal aggression and impoliteness : related or synonymous? / Dawn Elizabeth Archer -- Impoliteness as a means of contesting power relations in the workplace / Stephanie Schnurr, Meredith Marra and Janet Holmes -- "Stop hassling me!" Impoliteness, power and gender identity in the professional workplace / Louise Mullany -- "You're screwed either way" : an exploration of code-switching, impoliteness and power / Holly R. Cashman -- A manual for (im)politeness? The impact of the FAQ in an electronic community of practice / Sage Lambert Graham.

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