English Language politeness theories
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- English Language Politeness Theories
- Paul Grice politeness maxims
- Maxim of Quantity (as much as necessary)
- Maxim of Quality (as truthful as possible)
- Maxim of Relevance (as specific as possible)
- Maxim of Manner (as clear as possible)
- Brown and Levinson's theory
- Positive (ones self esteem) and negative (ones freedom to act) face
- Face Threatening Act (FTA) : an act that damages the 'face' of a listener
- Politeness Strategies (from rude to polite): bald-on-record, positive politeness, negative politeness, off record politeness
- Giles Accommodation theory
- Becomes a tool to emphasise group distinctiveness
- Convergence - moving our speech closer to that of the other person
- Decreases social distance
- Divergence - peoples speech patterns move apart
- Emphasises social differences
- Leech Tact Maxims
- Tact
- minimise beliefs at cost to other; maximise beliefs that imply benefit
- Generosity
- Minimize benefit to self; maximise cost to self
- Approbation
- Minimise criticism; maximise approval of other
- Modesty
- minimize praise of self; maximise dispraise of self
- Agreement
- Minimise disagreement; maximise agreement with other
- Sympathy
- minimize antipathy; maximise sympathy
- Tact
- Paul Grice politeness maxims
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