FacePolitenessRelational historyDisagreement can be defined as the expression of a view that differs from that expressed by another speaker. Yet, in the relevant literature, disagreement is mostly seen as confrontational and should thus be mitigated or avoided. In CA terms, it is a "dispreferred"...
The claim being disputed in any current interaction may have roots not just in previous turns of the same interaction but also in previous interactions and this should be taken into account when analysing discourse. 展开 关键词: (Dis)agreement Preferred/dispreferred action Face Politeness Relational...
positive politeness strategies (be optimistic, exaggerate, assume or assert reciprocity, address forms), bald on record (case of non-minimization face threat) and off record (be vague) are more frequently used among the family members and used by the speakers who have more intimacy with the hea...
Through the use of such forms of disagreement behavior, the spokesperson not only manages the (potential) face-threats that are triggered by the questions, but also positions the government as a 'moral actor' in the media. A close look at these conversations between spokespersons and journalists...
In medical settings, disagreement between doctors and patients frequently occurs, and it is considered a potential trigger to elicit conflicts. Hence, the point of departure for this study is the widely accepted view that these kinds of "face-threatening" and "dispreferred" acts need to be ...
Definitions of politeness strategies were drawn from Brown and Levinson's influential theories regarding "negative face" and "positive face."; The participants' e-mail discourse was characterized by conversational strategies; there was an abundance of data on disagreement and associated ways of ...
as well as on other allegedly 'face-threatening' or 'dispreferred' acts, needs to be context-sensitive in order to shed light not just on the types of devices for constructing disagreement in different local contexts but also on the interrelations between the act of disagreement and interactional...