This article analyzes the complex relationship between gender and impoliteness. Rather than assuming that gender and impoliteness are concrete entities which can be traced in conversation, I argue that gender and impoliteness are elements which are worked out within the course of interaction...
Keywords: gender, Impoliteness, politeness, assertiveness, co-operativeness, nice
07/2005 | Journal of Politeness Research. Language, Behaviour, Culture, Walter de Gruyter