%0 Book
%A Thomas Schöll
%D 2003
%C München, Germany
%I GRIN Verlag
%@ 9783638180337
%T The Acquisition of Politeness in the Language of Children
%R 10.3239/9783638180337
%U https://www.hausarbeiten.de/document/12026
%X Introduction: Politeness as a General Concept  According to Brown and Levinson (1978) politeness is a complex system for all human puplic and social interaction with the conventional politeness forms such as requests (e.g.: May I please use your phone?), excuses (e.g.: I'm very sorry for being late!), greetings (e.g.: Good evening, my dear Mister Jones.), orders (e.g.: Could you please be so kind as to give me the sugar?), claims (e.g.: Excuse me, this is my seat.), offers (e.g.: Would you like to have a cup of coffee?), 'please' and of course 'thank you'.   In 1973, Robin Lakoff pointed out that the system of politeness follows two major rules:   1. Be clear.  2. Be polite. The first rule includes Grice's postulates accounting efficiency, economy and informativeness:   a) Quantity:  Be as informative as required.    Be no more informative than required.  b) Quality: Say only what you believe to be true.  c) Relevance: Be relevant.  d) Manner: Be perspicuous.    Don't be ambiguous.    Don't be obscure.    Be succint. [...]
%K acquisition language children politeness Sprache Höflichkeitsformen Erwerb Kinder, Sprache der Kinder, Spracherwerb, language acquisition
%G English