Contents // Preface page xi // 1. Introducing linguistic politeness 1 // 2. Politeness through time and across cultures 27 // 3. Modelling linguistic politeness (I) 47 // 4. Modelling linguistic politeness (II): Brown and Levinson and their critics 85 // 5. Facework and linguistic politeness 117 // 6. A social model of politeness 142 // 7. Structures of linguistic politeness 168 // 8. Relevance Theory and concepts of power 201 // 9. Politic behaviour and politeness in discourse 217 // 10. Politic behaviour and politeness within a theory of social practice 250 // Notes 264 // Glossary of terms 273 References 279 Index 299