Introduction: Impoliteness in Spoken Corpora
Impoliteness in Corpora - A Comparative Analysis of British English and Spoken Turkish - Hatice Çelebi
Hatice Çelebi [+ ]
MEF University, Istanbul
Hatice Çelebi is an assistant professor in the English Language Teaching Department at MEF University in Istanbul.
Description
This book aims at taking steps towards understanding a) what does impoliteness, which makes up of some portion of our daily life because it serves different purposes, consist of? and b) how can we extract impoliteness from corpora, given that it is such a complex notion to define? The first question is closely related to our daily lives and encompasses a broad focus. The second question aims at bringing an academic dimension to it. Topics include: 1.1 Why impoliteness?; 1.2 An overview of the book; 1.3 The scope of the book; 1.4 The aims of the book; 1.5 The data and challenges; 1.6 The contributions of the book;1.7 Outline of the book