The Politeness Principle proposed by Leech complements Grice'Cooperative Principle to a certain extent in explaining the indirectness of language. However,the nature of politeness is its relativity.Determined by v...The Politeness Principle proposed by Leech complements Grice'Cooperative Principle to a certain extent in explaining the indirectness of language. However,the nature of politeness is its relativity.Determined by various factors such as social and cultural ones,the appropriateness of politeness at utterance level is affected by the appropriateness of the pragmatic distance between the participants. Different from the interpersonal relationships,pragmatic distance is calculated and determined in the process of communication varying with the variation of the communicative factors. Pragmatic distance is dynamic and can be maintained and altered by participants by using certain linguistic expressions to achieve the appropriateness of politeness in communication.展开更多
文摘The Politeness Principle proposed by Leech complements Grice'Cooperative Principle to a certain extent in explaining the indirectness of language. However,the nature of politeness is its relativity.Determined by various factors such as social and cultural ones,the appropriateness of politeness at utterance level is affected by the appropriateness of the pragmatic distance between the participants. Different from the interpersonal relationships,pragmatic distance is calculated and determined in the process of communication varying with the variation of the communicative factors. Pragmatic distance is dynamic and can be maintained and altered by participants by using certain linguistic expressions to achieve the appropriateness of politeness in communication.
