Changes in Addressing Strategies based on Brown and Levinson's Politeness Theory among Iranian Lecturers & Students: Case Study of University of Tehran

Azarparand, Sohrab

doi:10.30473/il.2019.41985.1185

Document Type : Research Paper

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Sohrab Azarparand

Assistant Professor of Japanese Language and Literature, University of Tehran

https://doi.org/10.30473/il.2019.41985.1185

Abstract

As a consequence of the digital revolution, the growing of mass media, and the phenomenon of globalization, our contemporary world has been changing from various perspectives. Because of these changes, human society has been facing various new challenges. Due to close relations between society and language, social changes have always been a cause of various changes in language, and have had a significant influence on the traditional structure of many languages. Current research looks into the linguistic changes in contemporary Persian in connection with politeness elements by using Brown and Levinson's politeness theory through field work. 200 professors, students of previous generation, in the 29-69 age range, and 200 current undergraduate students at the University of Tehran, in the 18-25 age range, were a target of our questionnaire for the Survey. The forms of addressing/naming in four types of linguistic performances at the University of Tehran have been investigated in this research. The results of the investigation showed clearly that in comparison with the past, positive politeness has been growing gradually, and has been passing negative politeness in students' language strategies at the University of Tehran.

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Changes in Addressing Strategies based on Brown and Levinson's Politeness Theory among Iranian Lecturers & Students: Case Study of University of Tehran

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Volume 2, Issue 4 (Serial 6) - Serial Number 6
June 2019
Pages 83-98

Changes in Addressing Strategies based on Brown and Levinson's Politeness Theory among Iranian Lecturers & Students: Case Study of University of Tehran

References

References

Volume 2, Issue 4 (Serial 6) - Serial Number 6June 2019Pages 83-98

Volume 2, Issue 4 (Serial 6) - Serial Number 6
June 2019
Pages 83-98