This book covers a wide range of English-Christian and Arabic-Islamic teachings of Etiquette given in the Bible and Prophetic Hadiths respectively. It presents an in depth analysis of these teachings within the frame work of politeness theory. It aims at: 1. investigating the incorporation of politeness theory and the speech acts theory within the domain of etiquette teachings to find out the most recurring speech acts in performing the teachings of etiquette, 2. investigating the practices of social marking and politeness strategies used in each language to attain the ultimate goal of the...