Identity, politeness and discursive practices in a changing world

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This special issue continues the discussion of the impact of culture on identity, communication, politeness, and discourse strategies (see Russian Journal of Linguistics 22 (4) 2018, 23 (4) 2019, 24 (2) 2020). The topic has become particularly relevant in the context of two multidirectional processes, i.e., globalization resulting from current geopolitical trends and technological advancements, which have encouraged the intensification of contacts between people, languages, and cultures; and deglobalization focused on the preservation of national cultures and development of a multipolar and multicultural world. In our introductory article, we attempt to trace the impact of communication technologies, language, and culture contacts on digital, face-to-face, and public communication in different settings and discourses and outline its influence on communication, language variation, and change. In this introductory article we present a summary of the contributions of our authors to the issue, which showed that the implications of globalization and language contact are multifaceted, they can have both positive and negative effects on language use, maintenance, and change, as well as on cultural identity and diversity. Pursuing these latter factors contributes to developing trends of deglobalization. Our authors invite the reader to reflect on these processes. In conclusion, we sum up their major findings and suggest a brief avenue for further research.

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Zohreh Eslami

Texas A&M University-College Station

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Email: zeslami@tamu.edu
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2969-5056

Professor at the Department of Educational Psychology at Texas A&M University in College Station. Her research has examined intercultural and cross-cultural communication, English as an international language, sociocultural perspective of teaching, and acquisition of English as a second/foreign language. Her publications include over one hundred journal papers, book chapters and conference proceedings. She is also Managing Editor and Co-Editor of Applied Pragmatics Journal (John Benjamins).

Texas, USA

Tatiana Larina

RUDN University

Email: larina-tv@rudn.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6167-455X

Doctor Habil., Full Professor at Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University). Her research interests embrace interaction of language, culture and communication, the theory of politeness and impoliteness, cross-cultural pragmatics and communicative ethno-styles. She has authored and co-authored monographs, book chapters, and numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals, including Intercultural Pragmatics, International Review of Pragmatics, Journal of Politeness Research, among others.

Moscow, Russia

Roya Pashmforoosh

Texas A&M University-College Station

Email: r.pashmforoosh@tamu.edu
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9394-6887

Ph.D., is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology of the School of Education & Human Development at Texas A&M University, USA, and an Accountability, Climate, Equity, and Scholarship (ACES) Faculty Fellow. Her research interests cover globalization and English language teaching, English as an international language, English as a second language, bilingualism, and virtual professional development.

Texas, USA

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