The Study of the Solidarity and Politeness from Sociolinguistic Perspective

Politeness, in general sense, is taking account of feelings of others, making others feel comfortable. Linguistically speaking, politeness requires understanding how language works in a variety of social contexts. Linguistic politeness needs assessing relationship between speaker and hearer along two social dimensions: social distance/solidarity, relative status/power. The purpose of the present research from a sociolinguistic stance is to consider the aspects of solidarity and politeness including face-threatening acts from the point of view of their linguistic components, relevance for social interaction and their usage in male/female discourse. In essence, this research will show that certain linguistic choices a speaker makes indicate the social relationship that the speaker perceives to exist between his or her interlocutor.

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Sociolinguistics ، Solidarity ، Politeness