2019-06-242019-06-24December 22018-12December 2https://hdl.handle.net/10657/4057Politeness in speech is a complex phenomenon which requires a detailed and profound analysis. This linguistic phenomenon can not be understood only under the conventional perspective of the universal models that govern traditional politeness. Normative or conventional politeness in most languages of the world has generated a series of guidelines or “rules” to follow if one intends to be polite in a conversation. Spanish is not an exception to this categorization of forms of treatment that are polite or impolite and which have been adopted as “the norm.” However, this traditional politeness does not always match with what certain linguistic communities of the world interpret has politeness. In this research a contrast is made between the conventions of traditional politeness and the interpretation of politeness by certain linguistic communities. This contrast which will be demonstrated reveals the discrepancy between the orthodox and universal perspectives of politeness and the interpretation of politeness by certain groups of speakers en various localities of the planetapplication/pdfspaThe author of this work is the copyright owner. UH Libraries and the Texas Digital Library have their permission to store and provide access to this work. Further transmission, reproduction, or presentation of this work is prohibited except with permission of the author(s).PolitenessCortesíaColombiaBarranquillaBogotá2019-06-24Thesisborn digital