Strategies Used to Politely Present Ideas in Research Writing

Abstract

This paper discusses how writers can politely present ideas in research writing. It aims to help research writers, especially inexperienced or non-native English research writers, know how to present their ideas in an appropriate manner by employing several politeness strategies. The paper consists of four parts. The first part points out the importance of politeness strategies in research writing. The second part deals with the definitions of politeness from several specialists in the pragmatic field.  The second part explains the use of politeness strategies and shows how they are used in research writing. The last part concludes what and how these strategies can be employed to help researcher writers be aware of the strategic use of these available devices.

Key Words: research writing, face-threatening act, politeness, politeness strategies