Grammatical features of politeness as linguistic category in the English language

Vendina Oxana Vladimirovna, Tkachenko Anastasiia Evgenievna, Fileshi Irina Vladimirovna

This article is devoted to the study of the grammatical features of politeness as speech act in English. The authors of the article analyze the morphological and syntactic means of speech by which the polite utterances are being created. Taking as a basis the speech act of request the authors of the article identify the grammatical features of the communicative strategies of politeness. They define the concept of politeness according to the theory of speech acts, reveal the specific features of the politeness as a linguistic and national phenomenon, identify the grammatical (morphological and syntactic) constructs of politeness in the English language.

Keywords:category of politeness, national mentality, speech act, communicative behavior.