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Pleyer, Monika

Monika Pleyer is a linguist at the English Department of the University of Heidelberg, Germany, where she teaches and researches linguistic im/politeness. She holds a PhD from thae same university. Her areas of interest include children’s fiction in translation, gender and online health communication, and the evolution of im/politeness.

Linguistic Impoliteness in (Translated) Children’s Fiction</a>

Linguistic Impoliteness in (Translated) Children’s Fiction

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.