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Politeness

Politeness. Rebeca López Gracia Describing and using English. Politeness and deference. Polite behaviour is the way that we could achieve our goals demonstrating people our good manners by the strategies of courtesy, tact, affect or something like that.

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Politeness

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  1. Politeness Rebeca López Gracia Describing and usingEnglish

  2. Politeness and deference • Polite behaviour is the way that we could achieve our goals demonstrating people our good manners by the strategies of courtesy, tact, affect or something like that. • Deferential behaviour related to a person with higher status or associated with specific social situations and is independent of the degree of familiarity that you have with this person.

  3. Face Positive face Negative face • The wish to be liked by society or when others like or approve our ideas. Face-saving act • When you are enhancing the other positive face damaging your face. • The desire to be independent, not imposed by others. Face-threatening act • An act which involve saying or doing something that could damage the addressee’s positive face

  4. Politeness strategies • Positive strategies: To avoid given some kind of offense to the addressee’s faces, try to avoid a face-threat act protecting his positive face. • Negative strategies: the intention of disagree the listener damaging his/her positive face.

  5. Thanksforyourattention! Please, be polite!

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