ABSTRACT
In this chapter, I argue for the crucial role of context in research on the (im)politeness of language use in social interactions. Context is socioculturally shaped, interactionally constructed, and personally related. It can influence and be established by the practice and perception of communicative acts. Therefore, I combine a model of context, practice, and perception with the discursive-interactional approach to identify varying perspectives from different types of data on the context, practice, and perception of the communicative act of extended concurrent speech for strong disagreement.
