الأدب والجنس : منظور اجتماعي دلالي

الأدب والجنس : منظور اجتماعي دلالي

م.م. امل صباح احمد

ثانوية بريج المختلطة

Abstract : This research deals with one of the main important and elegant theories in sociolinguistics and pragmatics which is politeness. It focuses on the relationship between politeness and gender. Simply, Politeness means to be modest with others, to show your interest and consideration with others.The research investigates the deference between men and women in providing politeness in their utterance. It aims at identifying who tend to be more polite in his speech (men or women). Thirdly, analysing data of Facebook concerning this study depending on three models: Holmes (2013), Leech (2014) and Lakoff (1975).

Key words : Sociolinguistics, Pragmatics, Speech act, politeness, and gender.