Contemporary linguistic politeness theories and their influence on research in Polish language glottodidactics area Cover Image

Współczesne teorie grzeczności językowej i ich wpływ na badania w obszarze glottodydaktyki polonistycznej
Contemporary linguistic politeness theories and their influence on research in Polish language glottodidactics area

Author(s): Emilia Sztabnicka-Gradowska
Subject(s): Foreign languages learning
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: linguistic politeness;Polish language glottodidactics;research on linguistics politeness

Summary/Abstract: The main aim of this paper is to present the various approaches to politeness research which have been documented by researchers from all over the word in last fifty years. In the first part of the article the author compares the most well-known and influential theories of politeness. Then the critique of these approaches is presented in details. In the next step the author examines new theories that arise after the discussion. These approaches are called postmodern and discursive. Part three of the paper focus on the concepts that presents different idea than postmodern or discursive paradigm. In the last part the author gives examples of the newest approaches to the research that studied linguistic politeness and also presents the impact these may have on Polish language glottodidactics.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 26
  • Page Range: 97-119
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Polish