Ing. Mgr. Jana Švárová

Bachelor's thesis

Politeness markers in spoken language

Politeness markers in spoken language
Abstract:
The present thesis examines the phenomenon of “negative politeness” with the special focus on hedging devices as one of the means expressing politeness in the English language. It is divided into two parts – theoretical and practical. The first part shortly summarises the hitherto investigation accomplished in the field of politeness principle, politeness strategies, negative politeness, and hedging …more
 

Keywords

politeness negative politeness hedging devices Oscar Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest spoken language.
 
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 30. 5. 2008
Identifier: https://is.muni.cz/th/uggw3/

Thesis defence

  • Date of defence: 18. 6. 2008
  • Supervisor: doc. PhDr. Renata Povolná, Ph.D.

Citation record

Cite this text

Full text of thesis

Contents of on-line thesis archive
Published in Theses:
  • světu
Other ways of accessing the text
Institution archiving the thesis and making it accessible: Masarykova univerzita, Pedagogická fakulta
Složka Reference to the local database directory of the institution