Politeness Strategies Terms

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P S U R D Y C T N V H R I T W X S O T C Y
T S R D C N E G A T I V E F A C E N J B B
C E W L L V I Q O E A A H D J N R G A J P
A N R E L A T I O N M A X I M J Q S J I Y
Y E B E P H S E E K W Q V B R W A G F E Y
R T J O O F U L D B Q F E P U R N E O M A
A I B A L D O N R E C O R D T T N L F L H
N L F N W A L T R W E D E D A L O A S F B
O O Q P O S I T I V E F A C E W K P B V T
I P P O L I T E N E S S M A R K E R S T V
T E I L O C U T I O N A R Y A C T C M H Y
U V M D I R Q F U E J Q C Y B B K V S N A
C I O U O T Q S X S H U U K F B F T S Y V
O T J L J G U I N C O X F G F L J H U J A
L I N E G A T I V E P O L I T E N E S S T
R S B O O B J H T M E L T Y S G J S G V M
E O J A A J B Y Y X O T F G Y C C U N G Y
P P J Q Y Y E J W F U X A F H A V S N V W
M L G R P F Q U A N T I T Y M A X I M G C
J U E P S E S I E W B U A P V F E Y B G Y
B J P D A O G Y X C O M S B A O W Y N O S

Clues

  • A more indirect, hedged approached, often using negative constructions e.g ‘You couldnt take the bin out for me, could you?’ (8, 10)
  • An informal approach that assumes the other party will agree e.g ‘I think that just about wraps it up, don't you?, often includes jokes and tag questions (8, 10)
  • Be relevant to the context of the conversation (8, 5)
  • Make your contribution as information and not too informative as is required (for the purpose of exchange). (8, 5)
  • Our desire to avoid doing something we don’t want to do, such as giving money to a stranger (8, 4)
  • Our need to maintain self-esteem. Positive is threatened when we are criticised in anyway (8, 4)
  • Saying something and meaning it (11, 3)
  • When an action or effect is brought on by our speech, (14, 3)
  • Where a speaker is completely blunt and direct e.g ‘Get out!’ (4, 2, 6)
  • Words or phrases that express concern for others and serve to minimise threats to face. (10, 7)

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