Evaluations of polite, impolite and over-polite linguistic and nonlinguistic behaviors depend largely on the socio-cultural attributes of a society and the individuals’ schemata, which are rooted in the communicators’ previous experiences. In intercultural settings, communication represents a complicated picture due to the participants’ different socio-cultural backgrounds and their unshared cultural schemata. Adopting the discursive approach to (im)politeness and employing ethnographic methods, this study identifies some significant sources of (im)politeness-related miscommunication between 10 Malaysian university lecturers/professors and 15 Iranian students. The findings suggest that different socio-cultural behaviors as well as some aspects of professional practices are the sources of misunderstanding and have potential for either impolite or over-polite judgments. Findings are discussed in light of the practical and theoretical implications for intercultural politeness and impoliteness.
Izadi, A. (2022). Intercultural Politeness and Impoliteness: A Case of Iranian Students with Malaysian Professors. Journal of Research in Applied Linguistics, 13(2), 33-43. doi: 10.22055/rals.2022.17801
MLA
Ahmad Izadi. "Intercultural Politeness and Impoliteness: A Case of Iranian Students with Malaysian Professors". Journal of Research in Applied Linguistics, 13, 2, 2022, 33-43. doi: 10.22055/rals.2022.17801
HARVARD
Izadi, A. (2022). 'Intercultural Politeness and Impoliteness: A Case of Iranian Students with Malaysian Professors', Journal of Research in Applied Linguistics, 13(2), pp. 33-43. doi: 10.22055/rals.2022.17801
VANCOUVER
Izadi, A. Intercultural Politeness and Impoliteness: A Case of Iranian Students with Malaysian Professors. Journal of Research in Applied Linguistics, 2022; 13(2): 33-43. doi: 10.22055/rals.2022.17801
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