Abstract：Abstract: In the past twenty years, im/politeness studies have grown from a small number of theories that aimed to account for indirect language use, to a vibrant field of study, lying at the intersection of pragmatics and neighboring fields such as sociology and psychology. After briefly surveying this trajectory, I identify four recent developments: the rise of impoliteness, the relationship of im/politeness with face, the importance of conventionalization, and the notions of morality and affect. I discuss each of these in some detail, concluding with open questions that are likely to occupy researchers in the years to come.
Key words: Politeness1; Politeness2; Impoliteness; Face1; Face2; conventionalization; morality; emotions; affect
