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Politeness is considered as one manifestation of the wider concept of etiquette, or appropriate behavior. It is the expression or the behavior one adopts in order to alleviate a social interaction. While impoliteness works in the opposite direction of impoliteness by which the addresser intends intentionally or unintentionally to damage the addressee's face rather than saving it. The present study sheds lights on the notion of impoliteness in general and Austin's model 'Face Attack Acts' (1987) in particular. It begins by a brief over view of the theoretical framework underlying politeness, in order to discuss some definitions of politeness and impoliteness. The aim of this paper is to reveal how far the strategies of impoliteness affect polite style, then it presents a practical application of what has been offered theoretically by analyzing some extracts of Hemingway's ''The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber"
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