Politeness in face-to-face interaction: An exploratory study

• Main Author: Flores, Eden Regala
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2008
• Subjects: Politeness (Linguistics); Interpersonal and Small Group Communication; Language and Literacy Education
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/5086
• Institution: De La Salle University

In this paper, I will briefly describe B&L’s politeness theory and identify some of their politeness strategies, particularly those of the intrinsic face-threatening acts. I will then go on to analyze a small segment of verbal exchange between some participants and a facilitator of a workshop fo...