Politness Principles (The facts)
- Created by: Gillian1999
- Created on: 11-04-17 20:44
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- Politeness Principles
- Positive Face
- need to feel valued, liked and appreciated
- Negative Face
- need not to feel imposed on or have freedoms threatened
- Risk of threatening face= FTA (face threatening act)
- Strategies to use with FTA's
- Be direct
- Use positive politeness (appeal to their positive face)
- Use negative politeness (avoid threatening their face)
- Strategies to use with FTA's
- On the record: what you want is clearly understood/ suggested
- Off the record: hinting at the matter, but not explicitly asking
- Example of the politeness principles
- 1. Asking to borrow your friends CD
- Direct: Let me borrow your CD
- Positive Politeness: You have a good taste in music-can I borrow your CD
- Negative Politeness: Hey, sorry to ask, but any chance I could borrow your CD
- Off the record: Wow, this is a really great CD
- 1. Asking to borrow your friends CD
- Positive Face
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