The Comparative Study of Politeness in Pashto and English Languages
This research study aims at finding out the expressions of politeness in the Pashto Language. The data were collected from the respondents of the Pashto Language through a questionnaire of the open role-play situations of requesting and apologizing. The questionnaire was adopted from Reiter`s Study (2000), and it was also translated into the Pashto language. House and Kasper`s (1989) Analytical framework and coding scheme were applied for the analysis of the data of both the languages. The results show that politeness exists both in the Pashto language and British English, but the respondents of British English have shown more consideration towards negative politeness than the respondents of the Pashto Language. The British respondents have also shown a need to spare the hearer`s (addressee`s) face. Even, in British English, a need to respect the addressee`s negative face was also shown, corresponding to his/her distance, degree of individuation and other considerations.
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Politeness, Negative Politeness, Positive Politeness, Pashto Language, Role Plays
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(1) Mian Shah Bacha
Head, Department of English, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University, Sheringal, Dir Upper, KP, Pakistan.
(2) Rabia Rustum
Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus, KP, Pakistan.
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APA : Bacha, M. S., & Rustum, R. (2019). The Comparative Study of Politeness in Pashto and English Languages. Global Regional Review, IV(I), 498-505. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2019(IV-I).53
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CHICAGO : Bacha, Mian Shah, and Rabia Rustum. 2019. "The Comparative Study of Politeness in Pashto and English Languages." Global Regional Review, IV (I): 498-505 doi: 10.31703/grr.2019(IV-I).53
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HARVARD : BACHA, M. S. & RUSTUM, R. 2019. The Comparative Study of Politeness in Pashto and English Languages. Global Regional Review, IV, 498-505.
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MHRA : Bacha, Mian Shah, and Rabia Rustum. 2019. "The Comparative Study of Politeness in Pashto and English Languages." Global Regional Review, IV: 498-505
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MLA : Bacha, Mian Shah, and Rabia Rustum. "The Comparative Study of Politeness in Pashto and English Languages." Global Regional Review, IV.I (2019): 498-505 Print.
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OXFORD : Bacha, Mian Shah and Rustum, Rabia (2019), "The Comparative Study of Politeness in Pashto and English Languages", Global Regional Review, IV (I), 498-505
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TURABIAN : Bacha, Mian Shah, and Rabia Rustum. "The Comparative Study of Politeness in Pashto and English Languages." Global Regional Review IV, no. I (2019): 498-505. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2019(IV-I).53