(Im)politeness and modalization in basic education background

This article is a descriptive theoretical approach based on qualitative nature, whose purpose is to detail the incidence of modalization and (im)politeness in verbal interactions to resolve interpersonal conflicts of 17 seventh graders of a district educational institution of Ciudad Bolivar, in Bogota, Colombia. This research is developed with a sociopragmatic orientation and it is also based on some enunciation elements. Therefore, conversation shifts, some verbal and nonverbal behaviors take part of politeness or impoliteness; this analysis is based on communicative actions, in particular, the way students make suggestions and express opinions.