Clarity versus politeness in written communication

Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,3, University of Marburg (Institution für Anglistik und Amerikanistik), course: Hauptseminar “Strategic Writing in English as a Second Language”, language: English, abstract: The following paper seeks to be an empirical approach to the usage of clear and polite expressions in written com...