Essays about: "Politeness Principle"

Found 3 essays containing the words Politeness Principle.

  1. 1. A leadership analysis of George Orwell's Animal Farm

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Assed Aranda; Jasper Mauro Karlsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Leadership style; qualitative content analysis; crisis communication; politeness theory; cooperative principle; principled negotiation; framing;

    Abstract : This essay aims to research the writing of George Orwell by analysing the four main pigs in his novel Animal Farm from a linguistic and rhetorical perspective. The paper's purpose is to explore occurrences of chosen phenomena tied to linguistic and rhetorical theory, with the goal to create an understanding of how Orwell portrays his characters exercising leadership and how their communicative strategies differ or coincide. READ MORE

  3. 2. Does Gender Influence the Way People Provide and Receive Politeness? : A Research Study on the Differences or Similarities Between Gender and Linguistic Politeness

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : Saga Thellman; [2018]
    Keywords : Gender; Politeness Principle; Cooperative Principle; Negative face; Positive face;

    Abstract : This essay examines the relation between gender and adherence to Brown and Levinson's Politeness Principle. Women and men tend to use language for different purposes and for the purpose of achieving various goals. In order to examine this relation, a research study was conducted. READ MORE

  4. 3. Acting Against Principles : How the violation of conversation rules in dialoguecreates a clever TV character

    University essay from Högskolan Väst/Avd för utbildningsvetenskap och språk

    Author : Gustav Hagman; [2014]
    Keywords : politeness theory; the cooperative principle; turn-taking; drama dialogue; witty; character creation;

    Abstract : This paper studies the use of violations of conversation principles in the written dialogue of Tyrion Lannister in Game of Thrones. The aim is to establish if and how these violations aid in making him seem clever. READ MORE