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Written by leading experts in the field, this Handbook provides a systematic, cutting-edge introduction to the field of sociopragmatics.
About the author
Michael Haugh's research interests centre on the role of language in social interaction. He has published widely in pragmatics on topics such as (im)politeness, face, conversational humour and metapragmatics. He is an elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Humanities and co-editor of the new Cambridge Elements in Pragmatics series, as well a former co-editor in chief of the Journal of Pragmatics (2015-2020).Dániel Z. Kádár has a research background in cross-cultural, intercultural and historical pragmatics, as well as linguistic politeness and impoliteness, interactional rituals and Chinese pragmatics. He is Research Chair in both China and Hungary. He is Co-Editor of Contrastive Pragmatics.Marina Terkourafi is interested in the interface of language with society and has published widely in all areas of pragmatics, including post-Gricean, sociocultural, historical and experimental pragmatics. She is currently professor and chair of sociolinguistics at Leiden University in the Netherlands and co-editor in chief of the Journal of Pragmatics.
Summary
The first ever Handbook dedicated to the rapidly growing field of sociopragmatics, this volume provides a systematic, cutting-edge introduction to the key concepts of sociopragmatic research. Engaging and accessible, it will be of interest to researchers and students, and anyone fascinated by language and its use in different contexts.
