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Ritual is popularly associated with ceremonies, though in real life it plays a significantly more important role, reinforcing what people perceive as the appropriate moral order of things, or challenging what they perceive as the inappropriate flow of events. This book introduces the reader to how people use ritual in interpersonal interaction and the interface that exists between ritual and politeness and impoliteness. As rituals have a large impact on the life of people and communities, the way in which they use politeness and impoliteness in a ritual action significantly influences the way in which the given ritual is perceived. Politeness, Impoliteness and Ritual examines this complex relationship by setting up a multi-layered analytic model, with a multidisciplinary approach which will appeal to interaction scholars, politeness researchers, social psychologists and anthropologists, and moral psychologists. It fills an important knowledge gap and provides the first (im)politeness-focused interactional model of ritual.

Philosophical anthropology --- Social psychology --- Politeness (Linguistics). --- Rites and ceremonies. --- Ritual --- Social interaction --- Politeness (Linguistics) --- Social aspects --- Ritual - Social aspects --- Interpersonal relations. --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Human interaction --- Interaction, Social --- Symbolic interaction --- Exchange theory (Sociology) --- Psychology --- Human relations --- Interpersonal relationships --- Personal relations --- Relations, Interpersonal --- Relationships, Interpersonal --- Social behavior --- Object relations (Psychoanalysis)

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"When is language considered 'impolite'? Is impolite language only used for anti-social purposes? Can impolite language be creative? What is the difference between 'impoliteness' and 'rudeness'? Grounded in naturally-occurring language data and drawing on findings from linguistic pragmatics and social psychology, Jonathan Culpeper provides a fascinating account of how impolite behaviour works. He examines not only its forms and functions but also people's understandings of it in both public and private contexts. He reveals, for example, the emotional consequences of impoliteness, how it shapes and is shaped by contexts, and how it is sometimes institutionalised. This book offers penetrating insights into a hitherto neglected and poorly understood phenomenon. It will be welcomed by students and researchers in linguistics and social psychology in particular"

Sociolinguistics --- English language --- Pragmatics --- Politeness (Linguistics) --- Power (Social sciences) --- Interpersonal relations. --- Honorific. --- Sociolinguistics. --- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES --- Linguistics --- General --- Politeness (Linguistics). --- Power (Social sciences). --- General. --- Politeness (linguistics). --- Power (social sciences). --- Language arts & disciplines --- Human relations --- Interpersonal relationships --- Personal relations --- Relations, Interpersonal --- Relationships, Interpersonal --- Social behavior --- Social psychology --- Object relations (Psychoanalysis) --- Empowerment (Social sciences) --- Political power --- Exchange theory (Sociology) --- Political science --- Social sciences --- Sociology --- Consensus (Social sciences) --- Courtesy (Linguistics) --- Arts and Humanities --- Language & Linguistics --- Germanic languages --- Anglais (langue) --- Psycholinguistique --- Attitudes linguistiques --- Relations humaines --- Apostrophe (rhétorique) --- Formules de politesse --- Formes allocutoires --- Analyse du discours --- Apostrophe (rhétorique)