In order to maintain interpersonal relationships, it is necessary to understand culturally deep-rooted ways of politeness used within each society. It is one of the main elements of sociolinguistic competence and therefore the following chapter focuses on this subject.

Sociolinguistic competence, strategic competence, target language, cultures and linguistic and non-linguistic politeness.

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