Reconceptualizing Impoliteness Through Honor and Collective Face

This study introduces the Honor-Impoliteness Framework (HIF), a culturally embedded model designed to analyze impoliteness in Arabic-speaking societies. Unlike Western approaches such as Goffman’s “face” theory and Culpeper’s impoliteness framework, the HIF captures uniquely Arabic sociocultural dim...

The International Journal of Communication and Linguistic Studies

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