Non-competitive and non-threatening aspects of social hierarchy, such as politeness, are universal among human cultures, and might have evolved from ritualized submission in primates; however, these behaviors have rarely been studied. Honorific language is a type of polite linguistic communication that plays an important role in human social interactions ranging from everyday conversation to in...

In this study, the researchers identified ways that politeness strategies are commonly employed in a speech. Specifically, study aimed at exploring used by Donald Trump and General El Sisi during their speech 75th session of UN Assembly. Both similarities differences between Trump’s Sisi's use sub-strategies speeches were investigated. A qualitative research approach was conducted, theory Brown...

Politeness is necessary for the way people socialize. However, some choose to communicate impolitely despite knowing that it’s inappropriate. This study aims find out how use impoliteness strategies in communication, and identify used Vice-Presidential United States of Amerika candidates debate between Mike Pence Sen. Kamala Harris on October 8th, 2020, while also figuring purpose using these d...

Abstract We make two contributions to the study of polite combination in satisfiability modulo theories. The first is a separation between politeness and strong politeness, by presenting theory that not strongly polite. This result shows proving (which often harder than politeness) sometimes needed order use combination. second contribution an optimization method, obtained borrowing from Nelson...

This study aims to explore the variables in perceptions of (im)politeness in an intercultural apology, focusing on discussion of the cultural and gender differences. Through the study’s instrument, a conversation between an Australian and a Taiwanese Chinese speaker, the study suggests that there are indeed some differences in perceptions of (im)politeness across d...

It has been proposed in the literature that prosody plays a role in the expression of politeness. The present paper attempts to explore the contribution of tonal scaling to the expression of paralinguistic meanings. More specifically, it examines the relationship between pitch height and the degree of perceived politeness in yes–no questions in Central Catalan. Studies on the biologically–deter...

In our paper we focus on analysing textual information usage (selected politeness factors of speech act) in mother tongue and in foreign language to identify phenomena of a language consciousness transfer from the mother tongue into a foreign language communication – transference phenomena – and their impact on textual structures of politeness in chosen languages. Our aim was to make an analysi...