Resources and references

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1. "Politeness is more than "Por favor" is borrowed from Anne McLellan Howard the title of her article "Politeness is More than 'Please'. This article gives two activities on politeness for Business English. http://exchanges.state.gov/media/oelp/teaching-pragmatics/howard-rev.pdf

2. Leech, Geoff Theoretical Lists six maxims: tact, generosity, approbation, modesty, agreement, and sympathy. Geoff Leech, The Politeness Principle, theoretical. Engage in an atmosphere of relative harmony using tact, generosity, approbation, modesty, agreement and sympathy strategies.

3. Tannen, Deborah Theory plus application

4. Goffman, Erving, The Presentation of Self in Everday Life, all the worlds a stage.

5. Brown and Levinson, Theoretical, Politeness:Some universals in language usage, Cambridge University Press, first edition 1978, actual 2009 - new introduction, a classic in the field. Discusses the principles for constructing polite speech.

6. Hall, Edward T., The Silent Language, The Hidden Dimension and Beyond Culture.

7. Eviatar Zerubavel, Social Mindscapes, An Invitation to Cognitive Sociology, Harvard University Press