title: Politeness and social signals.
abstract: In the literature, politeness has been researched within many disciplines. Although Brown and Levinson's theory of politeness (1978, 1987) is often cited, it is primarily a linguistic theory and has been criticized for its lack of generalizability to all cultures. Consequently, there is a need for a more comprehensive approach to understand and explain politeness. We suggest applying a social signal framework that considers politeness as a communicative state. By doing so, we aim to unify and explain politeness and its corresponding research and identify further research needed in this area.
authors: School of Psychology, Queen's University Belfast, University Road, Belfast, UK. p.brunet@qub.ac.uk
authors: Paul M
authors: PM
authors: Brunet
authors: Roderick
authors: R
authors: Cowie
authors: Hastings
authors: H
authors: Donnan
authors: Ellen
authors: E
authors: Douglas-Cowie
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003463:Cues; D003469:Culture; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D012919:Social Behavior