“…In the Saudi Arabian context, several researchers have explored various aspects of politeness, shedding light on requests (Alageel, 2016), compliments (Alamro, 2013(, (im)politeness (Alqarni, 2020;Alshammari, 2020), refusal strategies (Alateeq, 2016), direct speech acts (Alfaleh, 2019), invitations (Alfalig, 2016), greetings (Turjoman, 2005, complaints (Alenzi, 2019;Alfadda, 2019) and online communication among young adults (Zamakhshari, 2018). These studies shed light on how politeness is expressed and understood within the cultural norms of Saudi Arabia.…”