CHAPTER 9-Language, Culture and Politeness
CHAPTER 9-Language, Culture and Politeness
CHAPTER 9-Language, Culture and Politeness
LANGUAGE, CULTURE,
AND
POLITENESS
JESSICA I. LAXAMANA
WHAT IS LANGUAGE?
The terms ‘language’ and ‘culture’
are often used in politeness research
as if they were synonyms.
a. negative and
b. positive politeness.
Politeness and Impoliteness
2.1 Traditional approach to the
analysis of politeness
1. Negative politeness
largely concerned with not imposing on the
other person, and indicating deference and
respect towards them.
Universalism
the relation between indirectness and politeness
and context Brown and Levinson claimed that
their model was a universal description of
politeness, that is, that it could describe politeness
in all languages.