Youth Politeness in Podcasting: Two Costa Rican Cases

Politeness is examined in two podcasts of young Costa Ricans, considering their speech acts and courtesy strategies. This analysis is based on the postulates of Brown and Levinson on the theory of politeness strategies, and the perspective of speech acts proposed by Searle. The results show how posi...

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Autores: Picado Madrigal, Karla, Ramírez Porras, Raquel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:Costa Rica
Institución:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UNA
Idioma:español
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OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.www.una.ac.cr:article/20903
Acceso en línea:https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/letras/article/view/20903
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:politeness strategies
speech acts
pragmatics
podcast
negative politeness
positive politeness
estrategias de cortesía
actos de habla
pragmática
cortesía negativa
cortesía positiva
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Sumario:Politeness is examined in two podcasts of young Costa Ricans, considering their speech acts and courtesy strategies. This analysis is based on the postulates of Brown and Levinson on the theory of politeness strategies, and the perspective of speech acts proposed by Searle. The results show how positive politeness is used more than negative politeness; speakers try to conserve the positive face of their listeners, thereby preserving trust and friendship within the conversation.