The present paper introduce some of the most important and most applicable theories of politeness, it also gives a detailed definition of the term politeness and it goes back to the origin of the theory of politeness, the main works on linguistic politeness. It also sheds the light on Brown and Levinson's (1987) model of politeness and the criticisms it faces and gives some studies on the application of politeness to literary texts.
Abd El-Fatah, Noha Hussain. (2017). Brown and Levinson's Theory of Politeness. مجلة کلية التربية بالمنصورة, 98(2), 63-76. doi: 10.21608/maed.2017.172203
MLA
Noha Hussain Abd El-Fatah. "Brown and Levinson's Theory of Politeness". مجلة کلية التربية بالمنصورة, 98, 2, 2017, 63-76. doi: 10.21608/maed.2017.172203
HARVARD
Abd El-Fatah, Noha Hussain. (2017). 'Brown and Levinson's Theory of Politeness', مجلة کلية التربية بالمنصورة, 98(2), pp. 63-76. doi: 10.21608/maed.2017.172203
VANCOUVER
Abd El-Fatah, Noha Hussain. Brown and Levinson's Theory of Politeness. مجلة کلية التربية بالمنصورة, 2017; 98(2): 63-76. doi: 10.21608/maed.2017.172203