Dániel Z. Kádár is Research Fellow in the Department of Oriental Studies, Research Institute for Linguistics at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He has published in the areas of politeness research and East Asian studies, and his most recent publications include Terms of (Im)politeness (2007), Politeness across Cultures (with Francesca Bargiela-Chiappini, forthcoming), Historical and Contemporary Chinese Politeness (with Yuling Pan, forthcoming) and Politeness in China and Japan (with Michael Haugh, forthcoming). Sara Mills is Research Professor in Linguistics at Sheffield Hallam University. She has published in the field of feminist linguistics and politeness research and also in postcolonial feminist theory. Her most recent publications are Language and Sexism (Cambridge University Press, 2008), Gender and Colonial Space (2004), Gender and Politeness (Cambridge University Press, 2003), Discourse (2000) and Michel Foucault (2002).

'… avoids restrictive stereotypes and glib assumptions, productively complicating and extending our understanding of East Asian politeness and impoliteness.' Robert B. Arundale, University of Alaska, Fairbanks

• Foreword Francesca Bargiela-Chiappini; 1. Introduction Dániel Z. Kádár and Sara Mills; Part I. Politeness in East Asia - Theory: 2. Politeness and culture Sara Mills and Dániel Z. Kádár; 3. Honorifics: the cultural specificity of a universal mechanism in Japan Barbara Pizziconi; 4. Methodological issues in East Asian politeness research Yuling Pan; 5. Intercultural communication and East Asian politeness Stefanie Stadler; Part II. Politeness in East Asia - Practice: 6. Politeness in China Dániel Z. Kádár and Yuling Pan; 7. Politeness in Japan Michael Haugh and Yasuko Obana; 8. Politeness in Korea Alan Hyun-Oak Kim; 9. Politeness in Vietnam Grace Chye Lay Chew; 10. Politeness in Singapore Cher Leng Lee; 11. Epilogue Michael Haugh.

Dániel Z. Kádár is Research Fellow in the Department of Oriental Studies, Research Institute for Linguistics at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He has published in the areas of politeness research and East Asian studies, and his most recent publications include Terms of (Im)politeness (2007), Politeness across Cultures (with Francesca Bargiela-Chiappini, forthcoming), Historical and Contemporary Chinese Politeness (with Yuling Pan, forthcoming) and Politeness in China and Japan (with Michael Haugh, forthcoming). Sara Mills is Research Professor in Linguistics at Sheffield Hallam University. She has published in the field of feminist linguistics and politeness research and also in postcolonial feminist theory. Her most recent publications are Language and Sexism (Cambridge University Press, 2008), Gender and Colonial Space (2004), Gender and Politeness (Cambridge University Press, 2003), Discourse (2000) and Michel Foucault (2002).

'… avoids restrictive stereotypes and glib assumptions, productively complicating and extending our understanding of East Asian politeness and impoliteness.' Robert B. Arundale, University of Alaska, Fairbanks

• Foreword Francesca Bargiela-Chiappini; 1. Introduction Dániel Z. Kádár and Sara Mills; Part I. Politeness in East Asia - Theory: 2. Politeness and culture Sara Mills and Dániel Z. Kádár; 3. Honorifics: the cultural specificity of a universal mechanism in Japan Barbara Pizziconi; 4. Methodological issues in East Asian politeness research Yuling Pan; 5. Intercultural communication and East Asian politeness Stefanie Stadler; Part II. Politeness in East Asia - Practice: 6. Politeness in China Dániel Z. Kádár and Yuling Pan; 7. Politeness in Japan Michael Haugh and Yasuko Obana; 8. Politeness in Korea Alan Hyun-Oak Kim; 9. Politeness in Vietnam Grace Chye Lay Chew; 10. Politeness in Singapore Cher Leng Lee; 11. Epilogue Michael Haugh.