The article that I read was titled "Balancing Politeness with Honesty" and discussed how to balance the two in social situations. I found it on skillsyouneed.com with a date of 2011-2014. There was no author listed. I chose this article because it seemed to be an interesting read. The topic is one that everyone encounters‚ whether or not you know how to handle the situation. It was a very interesting article about how the two can sometimes conflict with each other‚ but made certain to include
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SEX‚ POLITENESS AND STEREOTYPES SEX‚ POLITENESS AND STEREOTYPES In this paper‚ we are examining styles and registers‚ the way language is used‚ and linguistic attitude‚ the issue of “woman’s language” is one which illustrates all these concept. Is women’s language a distinct style or register of a language? Are women more polite than men? Are there any differences in the way women and men interact? How is language used to refer to women and men? What massage does the language used about women
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Perspective of Cooperative Principle and Politeness Principle [Abstract]: Euphemism plays an important role in our daily interaction with others. Appropriate use of euphemism guarantees smooth communication between speakers. Likewise‚ the Cooperative Principle and the Politeness Principle also ensure efficient and successful communication among people. However‚ it is notable that the actual use of euphemisms violates the Cooperative Principle while observing the Politeness Principle to some extent. This essay
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GRICE’S MAXIMS AND GOFFMAN’S FACE Grice’s Maxims There are four maxims in conversation‚ The maxim of quantity‚ The maxim of quality‚ The maxim of relation and The maxim of manner. 1) The maxim of quantity – This is where one tries to be as informative as one possibly can and gives as much information that is needed‚ and no more. E.g. – “Hey what’s up?” “Well first and all my legs are killing me so I had to go to the doctors at 6 in the morning to get them checked out‚ then I had to run all the
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Article review Arabic euphemism: the question of politeness in translation Purpose: The article explains euphemism definition and shows the main characteristics of euphemism and the use of it in several discourses. It provides Arabic examples of euphemisms that been used by native speakers of Arabic language. Also‚ it explains the reason behind using this linguistic politeness strategy. In addition the study expose the use o euphemism in the old classical Arabic with examples occurred in the
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MASTER IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS MASTER DISSERTATION THE ROLE OF CONVERSATIONAL MAXIMS‚ IMPLICATURE AND PRESUPPOSITION IN THE CREATION OF HUMOUR: AN ANALYSIS OF WOODY ALLEN’S ANYTHING ELSE Department of English Philology I‚ UCM STUDENT: Ramiro Nieto Álvaro TUTOR: Dr. Marta Begoña Carretero Lapeyre Septiembre de 2011 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT........................................................................................................................4
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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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The Maxim Gun By Alexander Thompson Hiram S. Maxim‚ who was working with an engineering works in Fitchburg‚ Massachusetts‚ invented the Maxim machine-gun in 1884. Hiram Maxim was born in Sangersville‚ Maine on February 5‚ 1840. His first patented inventions included models of electric lamps and gas appliances‚ and curling irons. Maxim’s first idea of inventing a weapon effective for battlefield combat came from a man he met at the 1881 Paris Electrical Exhibition. This man told
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How does the English language enable us to express ‘politeness’? The definition of politeness is ‘Having or showing behavior that is respectful and considerate of other people’(Oxford Dictionary) it is a social construct that has formulated by humans to communicate in society. They are usually taught in the home and in society through our norms and values of socialisation .Linguistically‚ politeness is a form of pragmatic‚ ‘the study of how interlocutors use their own knowledge of a language to
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Politeness is certainly valued amongst all cultures; however what it means to be polite varies from culture to culture. What may be considered as a common act of politeness in one society may be completely foreign and unheard of in another. Politeness is usually conveyed through verbal communication; however even the morphological structure of a sentence can often express politeness. This essay will discuss how various linguistic devices and the use of politeness in particular interactions differs
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