Verbal Politeness: When Discourse is subjected to Social Relations

Abstract

Verbal communication is a conscious human act aimed at conveying intentions and achieving benefits. This isn’t attainable for any speaker, if he adheres to the verbalpolitenessrules that elevate one from merely transmitting information to become a courteous speaker whose discourse conforms to the social relations’ requirements. These relations significantly determine what we say. Consequently, linguistic interaction is necessarily a social interaction. So, I’vededicated this research paper to reveal the role of social relations in formingthe ways of discourse, as well as shedding light on the various theories that have established principles governing this process.