(2012) Cognitive Processing 13 (2 Supplement).
Politeness and social signals
Paul M. Brunet, Roderick Cowie, Hastings Donnan, Ellen Douglas-Cowie
pp. 447-453
In the literature, politeness has been researched within many disciplines. Although Brown and Levinson's theory of politeness (1978, 1987) is often cited, it is primarily a linguistic theory and has been criticized for its lack of generalizability to all cultures. Consequently, there is a need for a more comprehensive approach to understand and explain politeness. We suggest applying a social signal framework that considers politeness as a communicative state. By doing so, we aim to unify and explain politeness and its corresponding research and identify further research needed in this area.
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DOI: 10.1007/s10339-011-0418-8
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Brunet, P. M. , Cowie, R. , Donnan, H. , Douglas-Cowie, E. (2012). Politeness and social signals. Cognitive Processing 13 (2 Supplement), pp. 447-453.
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