[Linganth] Readings on (im)politeness

[Claudia Strauss]

I see there is a 2022 Annual Review of Anthropology article by Laura Miller, "Bad Mouths: Taboo and Transgressive Language."

I also privately replied to Cheryl with suggestions of Culpeper, Impoliteness (Cambridge 2011) and Elain Chun's "The meaning of ching-chong: Language, racism, and response in new media," in Alim et al Raciolinguistics.

Take care,
Claudia


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From: Linganth <linganth-bounces at listserv.linguistlist.org> On Behalf Of Graber, Kathryn E.
Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2024 6:27 AM
To: E. Mara Green <egreen at barnard.edu>; linganth at listserv.linguistlist.org
Subject: Re: [Linganth] Readings on (im)politeness

Hi all,

I replied privately to Cheryl with a pile of more obliquely related things, but to this emergent bibliography of new work directly on language and (im)politeness, I would add this great 2022 piece by Sarah Monson on negotiating politeness norms while "sweet talking" customers in Ghana:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378216622000467?casa_token=AKoBdtGVu_cAAAAA:eWQDl6tJtlUwmpNILHulKNMMgW83CobS_cIt5Z9PwUiy_rjR-jYtj6PP-FMq61H9RcniAeJBzg

Best wishes,
Kate


Kathryn E. Graber

Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology<https://anthropology.indiana.edu/about/faculty/graber-kathryn.html> and Department of Central Eurasian Studies<https://ceus.indiana.edu/people/current-faculty/graber-kathryn.html>

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From: Linganth <linganth-bounces at listserv.linguistlist.org<mailto:linganth-bounces at listserv.linguistlist.org>> on behalf of E. Mara Green <egreen at barnard.edu<mailto:egreen at barnard.edu>>
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Subject: [Linganth] Readings on (im)politeness

Dear Cheryl,

I second Janet's suggestion of Duranti's recent edited volume.

Another reading that comes to mind:

Keating, Elizabeth, and Alessandro Duranti. "Honorific resources for the construction of hierarchy in Samoan and Pohnpeian." The Journal of the Polynesian Society 115, no. 2 (2006): 145-172.

And, although not as directly about the topic:

Muehlmann, Shaylih. ""Spread your ass cheeks": And other things that should not be said in indigenous languages." American Ethnologist 35, no. 1 (2008): 34-48.

best,
Mara
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E. Mara Green (she/her/hers)
Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology
Barnard College, Columbia University

Book forthcoming in July 2024:
https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520399235/making-sense


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