POLITENESS and INTERACTION A. Politeness Being polite in communication means showing awareness of another face. B. Face 1) Positive face 2) Negative face 3) Positive face threatening acts 4) Negative face threatening acts C. Strategies of Politeness 1) Bald on record The speaker directly asks for the thing that he or she needs. Example: Benny is in a conversation with his father at 11 pm. Benny is getting sleepy. He really wants to go to bed soon. He directly
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Analysis on Language Politeness Used by Students in Dangerous Mind Film I. Introduction Communication is one way that people use in order to convey meaning‚ intention‚ and message to others. Communication is also a process of transferring information from one person to another. Communication happens in all over the world. It can happen in public places‚ in houses‚ in many other places. The language used by a person and how a person uses the language when communicating to others is very
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Politeness maxims 1 Politeness maxims According to Geoffrey Leech‚ there is a politeness principle with conversational maxims similar to those formulated by Paul Grice. He lists six maxims: tact‚ generosity‚ approbation‚ modesty‚ agreement‚ and sympathy. The first and second form a pair‚ as do the third and the fourth. These maxims vary from culture to culture: what may be considered polite in one culture may be strange or downright rude in another. The Tact maxim The tact maxim states:
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OLITENESS PRINCIPLE Besides cooperation‚ most interactions are governed by politeness‚ that is to say by what is considered a “polite social behaviour” within a certain culture. The Politeness Principle is a series of maxims‚ which Geoffrey Leech has proposed as a way of explaining how politeness operates in conversational exchanges. LEECH’S MAXIMS Leech defines politeness as a type of behaviour that allows the participants to engage in a social interaction in an atmosphere of relative
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Influence in politeness - Culture • Politeness id considered a desirable characteristic in most cultures. However‚ cultures are different in how they define the politeness. Example: the English speakers showing consideration for others and presenting the confidence and polish as their politeness; on the other hand‚ the Japanese showing respect and presenting their selves with modesty as their politeness. • Cultures differ in the rules for expressing politeness or impoliteness and also in
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September 15‚ 2013 Manners Johnny use to open the door for Alice and it was more than okay‚ it was expected. Now if Johnny tries to open the door‚ one of two things can happen. Either Alice will be offended because she is equal and perfectly capable of opening the door on her own. Or‚ Alice assumes that he is trying to make a move on her and sums him up as a pervert. This situation brings up the questions: What has our culture done to the art of manners? And how are manners viewed in our society
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Individual and universal manners Does your country have individual manners? Or do they have universal manners? I think there are individual good manners‚ and there are also universal good manners. For example‚ lots of countries say please and thank you‚ and also shake hands when they greet someone. In America‚ for table manners‚ they don’t slurp on the table and it is because it sounds bad. They also do not put their elbows on the table. Also‚ they shouldn’t put phones or other distracting
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‘Good Manners And Right Conduct In The Office’ et to consider the impact that their words or actions will have on other people. In an attempt to be efficient and productive we take a few liberties with our manners at work. Perhaps‚ at one time‚ we apologetically said‚ "I’m sorry‚ we have to stop the discussion and move onto the next point." But now we blurt out‚ "Next!" or "Let’s get on with it‚ people!" While the intention may be the same‚ the degree of bluntness‚ or even rudeness‚ used nowadays
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to another person is to leave him or her in no worse shape than when we met him or her”. I would say that simple words like “thank you”‚ “excuse me”‚ “I am sorry”‚ etc‚ are really important to deal with people we have just met. Therefore‚ having good manners is important to everyone not matter what their origin. Thus‚ it would not be exaggeration to affirm that all the corruption‚ social injustice‚ poverty‚ and problems of the world could be solved if people accepted they have an obligation to treat
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THE IMPORTANCE OF GOOD MANNERS Essay One of the first most visible characteristics that distinguish a person from the 21st century‚ from most of his predecessors‚ is the way in which our contemporaries behave themselves. Humanity has existed long enough on this Earth to understand‚ that there are certain unwritten laws‚ which govern our everyday life. It wouldn’t be a far-fetched statement if I say that obeying these universally accepted rules ensures if not a successful social life‚ then
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