POLITENESS IN CONVERSATION – THEORETICAL MILESTONES Cover Image

POLITEŢEA ÎN CONVERSAŢIE – REPERE TEORETICE
POLITENESS IN CONVERSATION – THEORETICAL MILESTONES

Author(s): Mălina Gurgu
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Education, Foreign languages learning, Psychology, Applied Linguistics, Communication studies, Sociology, Philology
Published by: Editura Conspress
Keywords: politeness; conversation; Face-Threatening Act; conversational maxim; conversational contract

Summary/Abstract: This article aims at overviewing the main theoretical approaches in conversational politeness. I will discuss the lack of a satisfactory definition of this phenomenon and I will briefly present the different types of politeness. In the second part of the article I will look back on the main approaches on conversational politeness: the social standard, the conversational maxims, the facework, the conversational contract and the discourse postmodern approach.

  • Issue Year: IV/2011
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 117-129
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Romanian