The Politeness Phenomenon

Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2, University of Salzburg (Anglistik), language: English, abstract: The term “politeness” goes back to the sixteenth century (e.g. Burke 1993) and is described as “having or showing that one has good manners and consideration for other people” in the Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary. Ho...