Welcome

The Linguistic Politeness Research Group was established in 1998 in order to bring together researchers who were working on the analysis of linguistic politeness and impoliteness.

We felt that there had been a significant change in the way that politeness was analysed and that these theoretical changes made politeness a subject which was of wider interest to linguists as a whole, and had implications for research in many areas of linguistics.

Working in a post-Brown and Levinson model of politeness, we are all attempting to develop new ways of theorising and analysing politeness and impoliteness.

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Upcoming Workshop: Recent trends and developments in Historical Im/Politeness Research

The Historical Politeness Network (HPN) is organizing the online conference “Recent trends and developments in Historical Im/Politeness Research”.

This meeting brings together new and engaged contributions on (im)politeness phenomena – verbal or non-verbal – and interpersonal pragmatic dynamics in historical linguacultures, from Antiquity up to the 19th century AD. Thus, we would like to foster the dialogue between scholars dealing with distant historical languages and cultures but confronted with similar methodological and theoretical issues. It is also our goal to offer a picture of the latest research on historical (im)politeness.

The conference is free to attend and will take place on Wednesday 10 July 2024, using Teams. We hope to publish an edited edition of papers presented at the Conference shortly afterwards. The keynote speaker for the Conference is Andreas Jucker, who talks about “Courtesy request markers in the history of English: The long diachrony”.

If you would like to register to attend the conference, please click this link to the registration form: 
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScWBDLzIsmZGtrDFuIPfOOdR3iweJulgiZz2iO44LbmiXxPUQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

For general enquiries please do email historicalpoliteness@gmail.com

The Historical Politeness Network for Ancient Languages (https://historicalpoliteness.net/) has existed since 2014 and since then we have organized a previous conference, we have run four online lecture series, we have offered two courses for early career researchers, and we have published two special issues of the Journal of Politeness Research and the Journal of Historical Pragmatics. We are now delighted to organize a new online conference to further showcase our interdisciplinary work. Many thanks to all colleagues who have looked to support the Network, we look forward to welcoming you to the conference!

Best wishes,

Kim Ridealgh (UEA)

Luis Unceta Gómez (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)

Annick Paternoster (University of Lugano)

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The 14th Symposium on Politeness (SymPol 2023)

Call for Papers

The 14^th Symposium on Politeness (SymPol 2023)

(Im)Politeness studies: new frontiers, synergies and perspectives

University of Madeira, Funchal, Portugal

3-5 July 2023

We are delighted to announce that the 14^th Symposium on Politeness (SymPol 2023) will be hosted by the University of Madeira, Portugal. SymPol 2023 will be taking place from 3-5 July 2023 in Funchal, Madeira. The conference theme is (Im)Politeness studies: new frontiers, synergies and perspectives, aiming to explore the state of the art in the field and the relevance of (im)politeness studies from inter-, cross- and trans-disciplinary perspectives.

We welcome proposals for papers, panels and posters on topics including but not exclusive to the following ones:

• (Im)politeness, interculturality and globalisation;
• Theory and practice of (im)politeness studies in (in)formal learning contexts;
• Practical applications of (im)politeness studies across domains;
• Where next for (im)politeness studies?

The conference will be a hybrid event, allowing for both on site and remote participation. The official language of the conference is English.

Important deadlines:

Submission of proposals (papers, panels and posters):         1 March 2023

Confirmation of acceptance:                                                  31 March 2023

Early bird registration deadline:                                             30 April 2023

How to submit

Paper proposals:

Please submit an abstract (250-300 words), specifying the title of the paper and key words (up to 5). Your submission can be in word or pdf. In a separate document (word or pdf) specify the title of the paper, the author(s), their affiliation and email address(es). Please also indicate if you intend to be an on-site or a remote participant.

Your documents should be labelled in the following way:

Paper abstract

Paper title & author

Panel proposals:

The panel organiser(s) should submit a summary of the panel topic (up to 300 words), specifying the title and key words (up to 7). Titles and short abstracts (up to 200 words each ) of all panel participants should also be attached. The document should be in word or pdf. In a separate document (word of pdf) the panel organisers should specify the title of the panel, titles of each contribution, the author(s), their affiliation and email addresses. Please also indicate if you intend to be an on-site or a remote participant.

The documents should be labelled in the following way:

Panel abstract

Panel title & authors

Poster proposals:

Submit a short abstract (up to 200 words), specifying the title of the poster and key words (up to 5). Your submission can be in word or pdf. In a separate document (word or pdf) specify the title of the poster, the author(s), their affiliation and email address(es). Please also indicate if you intend to be an on-site or a remote participant. For on-site participants we recommend A3 size posters (297mm x 420mm). Please also bring a digital version of your poster.

Your documents should be labelled in the following way:

Poster abstract

Poster title & author

All submissions should be sent as an email attachment to: sympol2023@gmail.com.

Registration:

Early bird registration – deadline 30 April 2023

Registration rates (early bird, on-site and remote participation) will be announced shortly, together with instructions how to pay.

Further information about the conference (plenary speakers, conference venue and website, social events, travel and accommodation advice) will be posted soon.

We very much look forward to welcoming you in Madeira!

Conference organisers,

Svetlana Kurtes & Alcina Sousa

University of Madeira, Funchal

Madeira, Portugal

7 Nov 2022

12th International Conference on (Im)politeness

We look forward to seeing you at the upcoming (Im)politeness conference, hosted by Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK from 17 to 19 July 2019. The theme of this year’s conference is the following:

WITHIN AND BEYOND MAINSTREAM APPROACHES TO (IM)POLITENESS

(Im)politeness has been a topic of extensive research over the past few decades. Consequently, researchers working in the field have over the years proposed, developed and adopted a wide range of theoretical, analytical and methodological approaches to (im)politeness in human interaction. Due to the popularity of (im)politeness as an academic area, it is of utmost importance to encourage further synergies between researchers who do research on this topic with a view to proposing new agendas, directions and avenues for research. This endeavour requires researchers to examine, with a fresh eye, how mainstream approaches to (im)politeness can be brought together with less mainstream uptakes.

Organised under the aegis of the Linguistic Politeness Research Group, and around the theme of “WITHIN AND BEYOND MAINSTREAM APPROACHES TO (IM)POLITENESS”, the  12th International Conference on (Im)politeness will be held at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge (17 -19 July 2019), to continue the tradition and success of previous Politeness and Impoliteness symposia.