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In:Manners, Norms and Transgressions in the History of English: Literary and linguistic approaches
Edited by Andreas H. Jucker and Irma Taavitsainen
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 312] 2020
► pp. 1–23

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Manners, norms and transgressions

Introduction

 | University of Helsinki
 | University of Zurich
Published online: 11 August 2020
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https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.312.01taa
Abstract
In this volume we focus on different types of manners, norms and their transgressions. One kind of transgression can be called “blunders” and deals with violations of accepted behaviour, conduct or manners. A second kind draws more attention to language use in interpersonal communication with violations of pragmatic principles or breaking the norms of appropriate writing styles. In this introduction, we first outline the change in the appropriation of manners in different periods discussed in this book. We then proceed to the theoretical background and suggest an overall line of diachronic changes. Our approach falls at the interface between language and literature, which is discussed before the chapter summaries.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Three waves of politeness theory
  • 3.The diachrony of manners and politeness
  • 4.Norms, blunders and transgressions
  • 5.Literary and linguistic approaches to data analysis
  • 6.Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Primary sources
  • Corpora and dictionaries
  • References
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