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face-threatening act: a standalone construct

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Pragmatics

an act, such as a request or criticism, that runs against the face wants of speaker or hearer and so calls for redressive politeness strategies.

In pragmatics, face-threatening act refers to an act, such as a request or criticism, that runs against the face wants of speaker or hearer and so calls for redressive politeness strategies. This meaning comes from Brown (1987) in Politeness.[1]

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politeness theory1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct face3 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs hedge3 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

References

Brown, P., Levinson, S. C., & Gumperz, J. J. (1987). Politeness. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511813085

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