Language & power in politeness - Alevel English Lang OCR

who came up with the power in politeness theory?

and what is the theory known as?

and what does this actually mean?

what is positive face?

how is positive face threatened? 

what is negative face?

initially, how many ways are there of being polite? what are they?

if the choice is to do the act on record, how many options does the person then have as to how they are polite? what are the options?

if the person chooses to save face, how many options do they then have in how to save face? what are the options?

what is positive politeness?

what is negative politeness?

if the choice is to do the act off record, how many options does the person then have as to how they are polite?what are the options now?