Research on Politeness in the Spanish-Speaking World

<p>One of the main contributions of this important book is that it offers a thorough survey of the theoretical and empirical developments that have occurred in the area of (im)politeness in the different regions of the Spanish-speaking world gathering together overviews by distinguished scholars. Additionally the book advances the field with new empirical research on linguistic (im)politeness and silence and (im)politeness in a range of (non)institutional contexts as well as new perspectives for the study of (im)politeness. A closing chapter by the editors provides an assessment of salient trends in the area and directions for future research.<br>Research on Politeness in the Spanish-Speaking World is essential reading for students in Spanish pragmatics and Spanish linguistics sociolinguistics and discourse analysis. The volume is also very useful to English-speaking scholars in the general field of pragmatics who are not proficient in Spanish but require access to these empirical studies.</p>