comment on politeness principles
(Last week, Mr wang told us something about the cooperative principle, that¡¯s one of the principles of conversation. And here, I am going to talk something closely related to cooperative principle, that is the politeness principle, or we can simply call it pp principle. ... In 1983, Leech imitate Grice¡¯s cooperative principle and proposed another pragmatics principle: politeness principle. ... The Politeness principle(PP): It can be simply defined as behaviour or language which is designed to make people feel at ease. This principle conclude 6 maxims (1) cooperative principle¡ªPaul Grace(1967) (2) politeness principle-----Geoffrey Leech (1983) (3) A description of the six maxims of the politeness principle as they are formulated by Leech, are indicated below. ... ¡± Because of politeness. ... Possibly rashly (»ò³ç) is the modesty maxim used by the speaker to show politeness. ... ¡± Quite obviously, Leech¡¯s politeness principle has a very close relationship with Grice¡¯s cooperative principle. ... It is true that in everyday communication, the first thing people think about is the politeness, not cooperative.