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The Game Theory of Politeness in Language: A Formal Model of Polite Requests

2019-06-04

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<p>Linguistic Politeness (LP) is a fascinating domain of language, as it directly interfaces with human social behavior. Here, we show how game theory, as a higher-order theory of behavior, can provide the tools to understand and model LP phenomena. We show this for the specific case of requests, where the magnitude of request and the resultant Rate of Imposition are subsumed under a more powerful explanatory prin...

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Literature Corpus work: 3b4a4e67-2721-5379-9cbb-eb8372c08993
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/6srux

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