model of politeness
1Politeness theory — Politeness is the expression of the speakers’ intention to mitigate face threats carried by certain face threatening acts toward another (Mills, 2003, p. 6). Being polite therefore consists of attempting to save face for another. Politeness… …
2Politeness — For the Wikipedia policy, see Wikipedia:Etiquette. True Politeness. Your eel, I think, Sir? Cartoon in Punch magazine: 28 July 1920 Politeness is best expressed as the practical application of good …
3Nuristani people — Total population ca. 125,000–300,000[1] Regions with significant …
4Marie Thérèse Rodet Geoffrin — Presumed portrait of Mme Geoffrin, by Marianne Loir (National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC) Marie Thérèse Rodet Geoffrin (June 26, 1699 October 6, 1777) has been referred to as one of the leading female figures in the French… …
5Rudeness — (also called impudence or effrontery) is the disrespect and failure to behave within the context of a society or a group of people s social laws or etiquette. These laws have already unspokenly been established as the essential boundaries of… …
6Sass — or being sassy is a failure to behave according to social norms, often in a disrespectful or rude way. There is an order of severity as to what one might consider being sassy :Fact|date=July 2008 *Impolite *Faux pas… …
7Web crawler — For the search engine of the same name, see WebCrawler. For the fictional robots called Skutters, see Red Dwarf characters#The Skutters. Not to be confused with offline reader. A Web crawler is a computer program that browses the World Wide Web… …
8Face (sociological concept) — Face, idiomatically meaning dignity/prestige, is a fundamental concept in the fields of sociology, sociolinguistics, semantics, politeness theory, psychology, political science, communication, and Face Negotiation Theory. Contents 1 Definitions 2 …
9Sociolinguistics — is the study of the effect of any and all aspects of society, including cultural norms, expectations, and context, on the way language is used. Sociolinguistics overlaps to a considerable degree with pragmatics.It also studies how lects differ… …
10English literature — Introduction the body of written works produced in the English language by inhabitants of the British Isles (including Ireland) from the 7th century to the present day. The major literatures written in English outside the British Isles are… …
