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Negative Politeness

Negative Politeness is a politeness strategy within cross-cultural pragmatics that belongs to the class of face-supporting behaviors and is distinguished by its focus on minimizing imposition and respecting the interlocutor’s autonomy through indirectness, hedging, and deference.

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22.4K

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435

Authors

245

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2017–2026

73

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Publications

314

Politeness phenomena in modern Chinese

Yueguo Gu · Journal of Pragmatics · 1990 · 1.2K citations

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Formal forms and discernment: two neglected aspects of universals of linguistic politeness

Sachiko Ide · Multilingua · 1989 · 1K citations

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<b>Women, men and politeness</b> . By Janet Holmes. (Real language series.) London: Longman, 1995. Pp viii, 254.

Alice F. Freed · Language · 1997 · 1K citations

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The pragmatics of politeness in scientific articles

Glenn R. Myers · Applied Linguistics · 1989 · 890 citations

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Impoliteness and Entertainment in the Television Quiz Show: The Weakest Link

Jonathan Culpeper · Journal of Politeness Research · 2005 · 853 citations

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Authors

435

  1. MH
    Michael Haugh

    Griffith University, Australia

    4 publications · 632 citations

    4

    h-index

  2. MS
    Maria Sifianou

    National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

    4 publications · 226 citations

    4

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  3. JH
    Janet Holmes

    Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

    4 publications · 540 citations

    4

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  4. MA
    Mohammad Awad AlAfnan

    American University of the Middle East, Kuwait

    3 publications · 54 citations

    4

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  5. MM
    Meredith Marra

    Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

    3 publications · 300 citations

    3

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Institutions

245

  1. The University of Queensland

    Brisbane, Australia

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    404 citations

  2. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

    Athens, Greece

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    210 citations

  3. Sebelas Maret University

    Surakarta, Indonesia

    4 h-index

    10 publications

    139 citations

  4. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    213 citations

  5. University of Warwick

    Coventry, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    421 citations

  6. Victoria University of Wellington

    Wellington, New Zealand

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    870 citations

  7. University of Southern California

    Los Angeles, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    898 citations

  8. Griffith University

    Brisbane, Australia

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    396 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Pragmatics

    42 publications · 5.8K citations

    32

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  2. Journal of Politeness Research

    23 publications · 2.6K citations

    19

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  3. 11

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  4. Journal of Language and Social Psychology

    JLSP · 9 publications · 579 citations

    9

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  5. Intercultural Pragmatics

    8 publications · 341 citations

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