1-Brown & Levinson tell us about two types of threats to face or "Face -Threatening Acts (FTAs)," negative and positive. They further tell us that certain speech acts like "orders" are intrinsic threats to face. In what situations might you get to perform FTAs without having to use politeness? What factors might be involved in a situation where you don't have to use politeness? Another way of asking this would be to say "With whom do you use politeness and whom do you not in your life and why?"
1-Brown & Levinson tell us about two types of threats to face or "Face -Threatening Acts (FTAs)," negative and positive. They further tell us that certain speech acts like "orders" are intrinsic threats to face. In what situations might you get to perform FTAs without having to use politeness? What factors might be involved in a situation where you don't have to use politeness? Another way of asking this would be to say "With whom do you use politeness and whom do you not in your life and why?"
2-You need to ask a good friend for a ride to the airport, which will likely require him to take the morning off of work. Using Brown & Levinson's chart on p. 69 determine what you would most likely do when asking this friend for a ride and why. For instance, would you make the request "on record with redressive action and negative politeness," "off record," or "on record with no redress," or something else? Give an example of what you would actually say.
3-Look at the transcript in the folder. This should look familiar. The man in the transcript is going to ask the woman for a ride to work, but he doesn't come right out and ask for this. Discuss the politeness strategies the man seems to use to make his request (his Face Threatening Act) with specific reference to the conversation.
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