Theories

Question 1

What is Robin Lakoff’s politeness principles?

Answer 1

Give options
Make reciever feel good
Don’t impose

Question 2

What are grices maxims?

Answer 2

Quality
Quantity
Relevance
Manner

Question 3

Who theorised negative and positive politeness?

Answer 3

Brown and Levinson

Question 4

What is positive and negative politeness?

Answer 4

Positive - seeks to minimise threat to someones positive face - therefore making hearer feel good

Negative - avoiding imposing on someones face

Question 5

Who theorised the accomodation theory? And what is it?

Answer 5

Howard giles

It is where we change the way we speak and the dialect we use to accomodate our reciever either closer or further apart using convergence and divergence

Question 6

What is the difference between convergence and divergence?

Answer 6

Convergence - moving closer to reciever’s dialect

Divergence - moving further apart from reciever’s dialect (normally to express class or power)