1st Edition
Im/politeness and Interculturality Multimodal Interactions between Finnish and French Speakers
By Johanna Isosävi
Copyright 2026
94 Pages
by
Routledge
94 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book adopts an interactional pragmatics and multimodal approach to the study of im/politeness, offering unique insights for better understanding intercultural interactions in today’s globalised world.
The volume explores face/identity and its relation to im/politeness, not only through language but through gestures as well. In addition, this study brings greater awareness to analyses of... Read more
1 Introduction
2 Im/politeness studies
3 Data and methods
4 Bicultural families’ lunch interactions
5 Mock impoliteness amongst students and friends
6 One-on-one work-related coaching sessions
7 Conclusions and implications
Biography
Johanna Isosävi is Associate Professor of French in the Department of Languages at the University of Helsinki, Finland.
