Theories of Politeness

In this chapter, I review the extant literature relevant to the research question, including the impact of the native language on second language acquisition; theoretical perspectives on politeness, including Brown and Levinson’s (1987) universal theory on politeness; socio-cultural aspects of politeness; politeness patterns; strategic politeness, including indirectness in speech acts for politeness expression; discernment politeness concerning the social relationship between the speaker and the hearer; the pre-patterned speech view of politeness; and the politeness system and socio-cultural values in Korea. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.