Politeness in East Asia Machine generated contents note: Foreword Francesca Bargiela Chiappini; 1. Introduction Dániel Z. Kádár and Sara Mills; Part I. Politeness in East Asia Theory: 2. Politeness and culture Sara Mills and Dániel Z. Kádár; 3. Honorifics: the cultural specificity of a universal mechanism in Japan Barbara Pizziconi; 4. Methodological issues in East Asian politeness research Yuling Pan; 5. Intercultural communication and East Asian politeness Stefanie Stadler; Part II. Politeness in East Asia Practice: 6. Politeness in China Dániel Z. Kádár and Yuling Pan; 7. Politeness in Japan Michael Haugh and Yasuko Obana; 8. Politeness in Korea Alan Hyun Oak Kim; 9. Politeness in Vietnam Grace Chye Lay Chew; 10. Politeness in Singapore Cher Leng Lee; 11. Epilogue Michael Haugh