A Theoretical Pragmatic Induction of Politeness Theory

Abstract

This paper is a theoretical overview of politeness theory which is well known theory in pragmatics which includes linguistics and non-linguistics conduct through which people indicate that they receive others’ feelings and put in consideration how to treat these feelings. Moreover, the interactional ways in which people build up their interpersonal relationships. Politeness covers behaviors with others’ face needs in mind. The paper starts with a historical background. Then, various definitions of politeness are presented. Later, different models of politeness are considered. Finally, the internal structure of each theory is described.