politeness
Sign in to savethumb|True Politeness. "Your eel, I think, Sir?" ----Cartoon in Punch (magazine)|Punch magazine: 28 July 1920
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- Types
- History
- Techniques
- Linguistic devices
- Criticism of Brown and Levinson's typology
- See also
- References
- Further reading
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thumb|True Politeness. "Your eel, I think, Sir?" ----Cartoon in Punch (magazine)|Punch magazine: 28 July 1920
Politeness is the practical application of good manners or etiquette so as not to offend others and to put them at ease. It is a culturally defined phenomenon, and therefore what is considered polite in one culture can sometimes be quite rude or simply eccentric in another cultural context.