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Anticipated versus inferred politeness [PDF]
A number of researchers have recently argued that politeness is not always inferred in the form of an implicature as claimed by Brown and Levinson (1987), but rather can be anticipated by addressees when it involves expected behaviour.
Haugh, M. B.
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Revisiting Brown and Levinson's Politeness Theory: A Middle-Eastern Perspective
This article attempts to examine the theory of politeness proposed by Brown and Levinson in 1978. It presents its strengths and weaknesses from the point of view of many experienced linguists. Furthermore, the author contributes with her own observations
Tahani Alabdali
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LEARNING HOW TO BE POLITE THROUGH A MOVIE: A CASE ON BROWN AND LEVINSONâS POLITENESS STRATEGIES
 This research discusses politeness strategies at the Tinkerbell movie. The purpose of this study is to analyze the types of politeness strategies, to determine the most dominant types of politeness strategies and to determine the factors that influence
Roita Angel Isabella+4 more
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This study aimed at reviwing brown levinson politeness strategies purposed in their book (1978) entitled "POLITENESS (Some Universals in Language Usage)".
Putri Adrian Sapitri+3 more
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Mitigation tools and politeness strategies in invitation refusals: American and Russian communicative cultures [PDF]
The performance of speech acts varies widely across cultures due to differences in values, communicative norms and traditions as well as politeness strategies. This can cause problems in communication and lead to sociopragmatic failures.
Angela V. Litvinova, Tatiana V. Larina
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Applying Brown and Levinson's Politeness Theory on Lady Macbeth's Speech in Shakespeare’s Macbeth
People communicate since they are part of the society. They simply have to talk with each other. It’s a fundamental need, and a pleasure for humans to be part of relationships. It’s speech which plays the main role in communication.
Mahmood Eshreteh
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Irony and the other Off Record Strategies within Politeness Theory
The present paper is part of a more complete study of the phenomenon of verbal irony within the framework of Politeness theory as presented by Brown and Levinson in their book Politeness: Some Universals in Language Use (1987, first published 1978). The
Laura Alba Juez
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Positive Politeness Strategies Used by the Character in the Movie “The Patriot”
The aims of this study is to figure out the used of politeness strategy uttered by the character in The Patriot movie and the influence of gender to the level of politeness within the movie.
Ni Luh Hani Rainna Wati+1 more
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Political Theory and the Agony of Politics [PDF]
This is a pre-print version of an article that has been submitted for publication in Political Studies Review.
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Are Theories Politically Flexible? [PDF]
Social theories are politically flexible if people use them to support opposite political claims. But is this even possible? And what kind of theories have such a property? Moving beyond epistemological debates about neutrality and value-leadenness, this article defends an empirical approach to the study of flexible and rigid political uses of social ...
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