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In:Politeness in Professional Contexts
Edited by Dawn Archer, Karen Grainger and Piotr Jagodziński
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 311] 2020
► pp. 1–22

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Chapter 1
Introduction

Politeness in professional contexts

 | Manchester Metropolitan University
 | Sheffield Hallam University
 | Manchester Metropolitan University
Published online: 21 August 2020
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Article outline
  • 1.Introduction to Part I: Politeness in medical contexts
  • 2.Introduction to Part II: Politeness in business and organisational contexts (including emails)
  • 3.Introduction to Part III: Politeness in legal and security contexts
  • 4.Notions of politeness, facework and relational work adopted in this edited collection
  • 5.Context, politeness theorizing and professional practice/training
    • 5.1Context
    • 5.2Politeness theorizing
    • 5.3Professional practice/training
  • Notes
  • References
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