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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.
Penelope Brown and Stephen C. Levinson. Imprint Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1987. Physical description xiv, 345 p. ; 23 cm. Series Studies in interactional sociolinguistics 4
Brown, P., & Levinson, S. C. (1987). Politeness: Some universals in language usage. Cambridge University Press. Abstract. This study is about the principles for constructing polite speech. The core of it first appeared in "Questions and Politeness," edited by Esther N. Goody (now out of print).
Jun 26, 2024 · Discover Politeness, 1st Edition, Penelope Brown on Higher Education from Cambridge.
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.
