The category of politeness in different linguocultural traditions
Abstract
AbstractIn this article the principles of effective speech communication, general provisions of the theory of politeness have been widely discussed and the definition of the concepts of “politeness”, “interrupting a conversation” has been formulated as well. The article contains certain theoretical and practical ways upon expressing politeness in different languages on the material of phrases implying polite interruption in business discourse in terms of the linguocultural traditions of the category of politeness occurring in the given languages. The article also discusses some critiques of the most commonly used theories of politeness, and highlights some of the trends in which these critiques might help to advance researches on politeness in the future.