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Penelope Brown (born 1944 in Summit, NJ) is an American anthropological linguist who has studied a number of aspects of cross-linguistic, sociolinguistic, and cross-cultural studies of language and cognition.
Politeness theory, proposed by Penelope Brown and Stephen Levinson, centers on the notion of politeness, construed as efforts to redress the affronts to a person's self-esteems or face (as in "save face" or "lose face") in social interactions.
May 23, 2024 · Politeness theory is based on the concept that people have a social self-image that they consciously project and try to protect. This sense of self-image is referred to as “face.” The theory was developed in 1978 by researchers Penelope Brown and Stephen C. Levinson.
Nov 24, 2009 · Brown and Levinson's theory of linguistic politeness first appeared in 1978, although Penelope Brown had already published an article entitled ‘Women and politeness: a new perspective on language and society’ in Review in Anthropology in 1976.
Penelope Brown, Stephen C. Levinson. Cambridge University Press, Feb 27, 1987 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 345 pages. This study is about the principles for constructing polite speeches. The...
Jul 16, 2024 · Discover Politeness, 1st Edition, Penelope Brown on Higher Education from Cambridge.
Penelope Brown. Publications. My research broadly addresses the relationship between language, culture and cognition. As a linguistic anthropologist, I have worked for many years in the Tzeltal Maya community of Tenejapa, in southern Mexico, focusing on the study of language use in its sociocultural context.