Linguistic Impoliteness in (Translated) Children's Fiction

By Pleyer and Monika Pleyer

This book presents the first large-scale investigation of the structure and functions of linguistic impoliteness and impoliteness metalanguage in contemporary British children's fiction. The study ties together findings from pragmatics, language acquisition research, literary studies, and translation studies with novel data-driven insights. The study shows that children's fiction prefers direct, unmitigated impoliteness tokens to highlight key aspects of plot and characterisation. Impoliteness metalanguage is used to clarify impoliteness events to the child. The study provides a framework for the investigation of impoliteness in translation, which gives evidence of pragmatic differences, as well as differing views of children's cognitive abilities in two linguacultures.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3631881509
• ISBN13: 9783631881507
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.3"