Open AccessPronouns, Address Forms and Politeness Strategies in Odia
Author(s) -
Kalyanamalini Sahoo
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
acta linguistica asiatica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.114
H-Index - 2
ISSN - 2232-3317
DOI - 10.4312/ala.3.1.29-46
Subject(s) - politeness , set (abstract data type) , politeness theory , norm (philosophy) , linguistics , psychology , speech act , politeness maxims , computer science , epistemology , philosophy , programming language
This study discusses how various politeness strategies are implemented linguistically and how linguistic usage is related to social and contextual factors in the Indic language Odia. The study extends the validity of politeness theory (Brown & Levinson, 1978) with reference to Odia speech-patterns and shows that Odia usage of politeness would be more differentiated according to the social relationship and gender than the content of the message. In Brown and Levinson’s model, individual speech acts are considered to be inherently polite or impolite. However, in Odia, it is found that communities of practice, rather than individuals, determine whether speech acts are considered polite or impolite. Thus, politeness should be considered as a set of strategies or practices set by particular groups or communities of practice as a socially constructed norm for themselves