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A revealing account of politeness in conversation, focusing on the vital role it plays in maintaining class differences.

From the Middle Ages up to the present day, this book traces politeness in the history of the English language.

"The aim of this book is to interrogate the process whereby spatial relations are constituted as gendered, raced and classed within the colonial and imperial co

Politeness is key to all of our relationships and plays a fundamental part in the way we communicate with each other and the way we define ourselves. It is not

Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this is the first book to systemise the processes by which we manage relations across cultures.