Directness and Indirectness Across Cultures

About Karen GraingerSara Mills

Karen Grainger is a Principal Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics at Sheffield Hallam University UK. She researches language use and interaction in institutional intercultural and electronic contexts. She has published in the areas of health care intercultural communication and educational sociolinguistics. She is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Politeness Research.Sara Mills is Research Professor in Linguistics at Sheffield Hallam University UK. She has published in the areas of feminist linguistics and politeness theory. Her publications include Gender and Politeness (2003) Politeness in East Asia (co-authored 2011) Language and Sexism (2008) Language Gender and Feminism (co-authored 2012) and Gender Representation in an International Context (co-authored 2015).