Politeness

Politeness has found an interesting way into our society, politeness and rightness. As Rousseau so perfectly quotes Horace, “‘we are deceived by the appearance of right’” (Rousseau 5). We as a people have become so fixated on appearances of intelligence and politeness. More so, we have become obsessed with the appearance of good. Rousseau blames this occurrence, at least partially, on the sciences and the arts. It does seem that there is an element of truth in this claim. While there is truth to…

Word-of-mouth communication is a process of sharing information between consumers on specific products, services, brands, or companies with noncommercial intention (Higie, Feick, & Price, 1987; Litvin, Goldsmith & Pan, 2008). It not only shapes consumers' attitude and behaviors towards a product or service (Brown and Reingen, 1987), but it also has more significant impact on consumer behavior rather than mass media and radio advertising in certain circumstances (Engel, Blackwell, and Kegerreis,…

2. Functions of Illocutionary Acts in the Movie ‘Smart People’ In the simplest sense, the word ‘function’ may be synonymous with the word ‘use’ or ‘meaning’. People perform activities with their language: that is, they expect to achieve an objective in speaking, writing, listening and reading. Competence in language is not simply the mastery of forms of language but the mastery of forms in order to accomplish the communicative functions of language, such as, to apologize, to greet, to disagree…

FACE, POLITENESS AND SOCIAL DEIXIS IN SOCIAL INTERACTIONS. When living within a society, we perform different social activities which are recognizable by other individuals or groups that are part of the same society. These activities can be done individually (reading a book, getting dressed) or collectively (a family reunion, a business meeting) but always keeping in mind that they are done by taking into consideration directly or indirectly other members of the community in order to have…

differentiate “familiar” and “polite” forms. In ancient times T/V symbolized class difference, now it is mostly used for asymmetrical relationship, to show solidarity. Nowadays, the use of T/V also depends on the country and its traditions and norms of politeness. In general, “tu” is mostly used with close relatives, friends, while “vous” – with strangers and between interior and superior. If you are not sure what distinction to use, preferable wait until other person addresses you first. The…

notices this. “‘Did you notice? Right up to the very last, by God, he said “Mister”’!” The black people are polite despite the inhuman way they have been treated throughout their lives. The politeness with which the African-Americans address the angry whites in Way in the Middle of the Air parallels the politeness with which Samuel Douglass addresses his cruel old…

code for the country’s samurais and warrior class. The Bushido has a profound religious affiliation with Buddhism, Confucianism, and Shintoism. The Bushido is a series of eight principles. These eight elements are rectitude, courage, benevolence, politeness, sincerity, honor, loyalty, and self-control. Even though some samurais may have accepted the Bushido code, there is one samurai that broke the code; this is the case discussed in Musui’s Story. In contrast, in the 47 Ronin Story gives the…

From my survey, I scored 18 in withdrawing avoidance. That was my highest section, and my second highest section was smoothing accommodating. From this I can clearly see that I don’t deal well with conflict. When conflict arises I am likely to try to run from it, or accommodate to the other party. I will try any task that will allow the conflict to easily end. This isn’t always the best strategy to use when faced with struggles, and I wish to change it. When it comes to important issues, I…

with the heavily implication that he was the actual cause of the wife’s demise. Browning reveals the prideful, control-obsessed, and sociopathic character of the speaker through self-boasting, caesuras in the monologue, and the varying levels of politeness he exhibits throughout the poem. The speaker’s pride is revealed most clearly through his not-so-subtle comments on his own worth. The obvious of which is shown through “as if she ranked/ My gift of a nine-hundred-years-old…

study the Analects of Confucius since primary school. The thoughts of Confucius are so broad and complicated. There are several key values of Confucianism relating to the business organizations, such as Humanity, Righteousness, Honesty, Harmony, Politeness and Moral wisdom. Humanity 仁 Another term for humanity is benevolence which means to love, respect, and take good care of people around you. In business, it means to make contribution to the general public and avoid harm toward anyone both…