Monika Pleyer is a linguist at the English Department of the University of Heidelberg, Germany, where she teaches and researches linguistic im/politeness. She holds a PhD from thae same university. Her areas of interest include children’s fiction in translation, gender and online health communication, and the evolution of im/politeness.

• Introduction — Data — Impoliteness — Impoliteness in Fiction — Children’s Fiction: A Special Kind of Fiction?— Cross-Cultural Im/Politeness — Translations — Translating Harry Potter — Methodology and Hypotheses — Analysing Impoliteness Token Structures in Children’s Fiction — Analysing Impoliteness Metalanguage in Children’s Fiction —Analysing Impoliteness in German Translations: A Case Study— References .

Monika Pleyer is a linguist at the English Department of the University of Heidelberg, Germany, where she teaches and researches linguistic im/politeness. She holds a PhD from thae same university. Her areas of interest include children’s fiction in translation, gender and online health communication, and the evolution of im/politeness.

• Introduction — Data — Impoliteness — Impoliteness in Fiction — Children’s Fiction: A Special Kind of Fiction?— Cross-Cultural Im/Politeness — Translations — Translating Harry Potter — Methodology and Hypotheses — Analysing Impoliteness Token Structures in Children’s Fiction — Analysing Impoliteness Metalanguage in Children’s Fiction —Analysing Impoliteness in German Translations: A Case Study— References .

Monika Pleyer is a linguist at the English Department of the University of Heidelberg, Germany, where she teaches and researches linguistic im/politeness. She holds a PhD from thae same university. Her areas of interest include children’s fiction in translation, gender and online health communication, and the evolution of im/politeness.

• Introduction — Data — Impoliteness — Impoliteness in Fiction — Children’s Fiction: A Special Kind of Fiction?— Cross-Cultural Im/Politeness — Translations — Translating Harry Potter — Methodology and Hypotheses — Analysing Impoliteness Token Structures in Children’s Fiction — Analysing Impoliteness Metalanguage in Children’s Fiction —Analysing Impoliteness in German Translations: A Case Study— References .