Journal of Politeness Research
Last updated ISSN 1612-5681
Journal of Politeness Research is published by De Gruyter Mouton in arts and humanities. It is a subscription journal. There is no article processing charge.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Journal of Politeness Research concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
- Discourse Analysis in Language Studies
- Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
- Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism
- Multilingual Education and Policy
- Digital Communication and Language
- Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare
- Linguistic Variation and Morphology
- Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection
- EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
Key facts
| Publisher | De Gruyter Mouton |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1612-5681, 1613-4877 |
| Subject area | Arts and Humanities |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | None |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 385 |
| Publishing since | 2005 |
| Journal website | www.reference-global.com/loi/jplr |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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