The use of modality markers and directness levels in cross-cultural and learner-centred perspectives

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2005 im Fachbereich Didaktik für das Fach Englisch - Pädagogik, Sprachwissenschaft, Note: 1,0, Universität Münster, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Linguistic politeness is an important subcategory of pragmatics, as it is essential for the success of communication, which in turn is a central aspect of pragmatics. It is not a fixed and defined category because it differs from one speech community to another and can be realised by different means, such as lexical or phr...