Observe the Politeness Principle even at the cost of violating some maxims the Cooperative Principle.

Example dialogue of politeness. McCarthy and Carter provide an example of negative politeness using the following dialogue from the Australian television soap opera Neighbours. I want sounds like a demand as if you are commanding the other person to fulfill your desires. 144 The three super-strategies of the politeness theory According to Leech politeness is basically strategies used to avoid conflict and according to the degree of effort put in the words used to avoid conflicts it can be measured.

The concept of face has come to play an important role in politeness theory. In order to mitigate the effect of the speaker. Meeting a friend of a friend for a business lunch.

This is a fun dialouge I have used with my class. Oh I hope it was all good. Id like a hamburger.

Writing a letter of complaint. Students have a conversation AND learn vocabulary. Thank you very much.

Say hello to people greet people appropriately gain eye contact and smile naturally shake hands or hug where appropriate but say hello especially to colleagues and other people you see every day. Politeness in teacher-student interaction. Tom and Mike are good at singing.

Semi-formal dialogue - Ana. Answering the phone in your office. What will Dorothy say about that.