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Politeness Maxims

Politeness Maxims is a theoretical framework in pragmatics that specifies a set of principles guiding how interlocutors minimize face-threatening acts and maintain social harmony through strategic adherence to respectful, considerate, and tactful communication, distinct from Grice’s original conversational maxims by focusing on sociopragmatic norms rather than truth-oriented cooperation.

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16.6K

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316

Authors

151

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2017–2026

45

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Publications

203

Universals in language usage: Politeness phenomena

Penelope Brown, Stephen C. Levinson · Max Planck Digital Library · 1978 · 2.2K citations

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Questions and politeness : strategies in social interaction

Esther N. Goody · 1978 · 1.3K citations

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Formal forms and discernment: two neglected aspects of universals of linguistic politeness

Sachiko Ide · Multilingua · 1989 · 1K citations

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Impoliteness and Entertainment in the Television Quiz Show: The Weakest Link

Jonathan Culpeper · Journal of Politeness Research · 2005 · 853 citations

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Appearing Respectful: The Moral Significance of Manners

Sarah Buss · Ethics · 1999 · 346 citations

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Authors

316

  1. HH
    Henk Haverkate

    University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

    4 publications · 120 citations

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  2. MT
    Marina Terkourafi

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

    4 publications · 230 citations

    4

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  3. JM
    James Murphy

    University of the West of England, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 137 citations

    3

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  4. GH
    Gudrun Held

    University of Salzburg, Austria

    2 publications · 130 citations

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  5. SC
    Stephen C. Levinson

    Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Netherlands

    2 publications · 2.4K citations

    2

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Institutions

151

  1. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

    Athens, Greece

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    124 citations

  2. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    232 citations

  3. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    2.3K citations

  4. Kyoto University

    Kyoto, Japan

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    179 citations

  5. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    36 citations

  6. Åbo Akademi University

    Turku, Finland

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    38 citations

  7. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

    Madrid, Spain

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    35 citations

  8. Kyung Hee University

    Seoul, South Korea

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    352 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Pragmatics

    39 publications · 3.2K citations

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  2. 12

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  3. Multilingua

    9 publications · 1.8K citations

    9

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  4. Journal of Politeness Research

    8 publications · 1.1K citations

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  5. Intercultural Pragmatics

    5 publications · 110 citations

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