J Jamilia A New member Dec 8, 2010 #1 Can anyone please tell me what the "Politeness theory" is. All I know is that it consists of theories made by Goffman (1963), Lakoff (1978), Leech (1983) and Brown and Levinson (1987)! Can anyone please tell me what they are and how it started
Can anyone please tell me what the "Politeness theory" is. All I know is that it consists of theories made by Goffman (1963), Lakoff (1978), Leech (1983) and Brown and Levinson (1987)! Can anyone please tell me what they are and how it started
