TY  - BOOK
AU  - Christina Martens
PY  - 2002
CY  - München, Germany
PB  - GRIN Verlag
SN  - 9783638117517
TI  - The Politeness Principle
DO  - 10.3239/9783638117517
UR  - https://www.hausarbeiten.de/document/2901
N2  - 1.    Overview of the Politeness Principle  In everyday situations we have to communicate with other people to get information, to gain knowledge about a topic or to reach a variety of goals. To be successful, one has to follow some important strategies. Beside the rule of the language philosopher H.P. Grice, which is called the Cooperative Principle, there exists another concept that served when people are talking. It is called the Politeness Principle which has above all been developed by Leech. In the centre of this concept does not stand the information of a conversation, but the effect of what is said on the people. [...] 
KW  - Politeness, Principle
LA  - English
ER  -