Essays about: "face-threatening"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 11 essays containing the word face-threatening.

1. 6. Being polite : An experimental study of request strategies in Swedish EFL classes

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för didaktik och lärares praktik (DLP)

   Author : Christopher Ekelund; [2019]
   Keywords : Pragmatics; Politeness theory; Face threatening acts; Swedish upper-secondary school; Requests;

   Abstract : In a world which continuously becomes more globalised, the need to adapt one's language depending on context becomes increasingly important. This is acknowledged in the Swedish syllabus for the upper-secondary school, which emphasises communicative competence and the need to adapt to situation and hearer. READ MORE

3. 7. Dealing with ‘Trouble Spots’ in Interaction in the English as a Foreign Language Classroom

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Avdelningen för språk och litteratur

   Author : Kajsa Hammarström; [2017]
   Keywords : classroom interaction; Conversation Analysis; correction; English as a foreign language; error; repair; repair initiation; trouble spot; trouble source;

   Abstract : This study focuses on ‘trouble spots’ that occur in the English as a Foreign Language classroom. A trouble spot is an umbrella term for all types of language problems that arise. This means that it covers the trouble sources of repairs, corrections as well as problematising activities in the classroom. READ MORE

4. 8. Intertextuality as a politeness strategy : A qualitative study of the use and function of intertextuality in the television series Suits

   University essay from Engelska institutionen

   Author : Felicia Brandström; [2014]
   Keywords : intertextuality; politeness; politeness strategy; face; face-threatening act; function; characterisation; social relations;

   Abstract : This paper investigates the use and function of intertextuality in the television series Suits, and examines the interplay between intertextuality and politeness. Intertextuality allows a text to incorporate other texts and to draw upon connotations that belong to those texts. READ MORE

5. 9. Politeness Strategies - a theoretical framework : Sociolinguistic observations of politeness

   University essay from Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Henrik Karsberg; [2012]
   Keywords : Politeness;

   Abstract : This essay gives a comprehensive theoretical background and then uses observations of how FTAs can be analyzed. The observation, made in a school setting is characterized by an asymmetric relationship between the main participants. The aim is to discuss theories and models of politeness, and how to operationalize them. READ MORE

6. 10. The power of insults : A study of condescending linguistic strategies in four English online discussion forums

   University essay from Institutionen för humaniora

   Author : Anna Holmberg; [2008]
   Keywords : derogatory linguistic strategies; flaming; FTA; impoliteness; insults; threads;

   Abstract : The aim of this study is to investigate how language is used, online, in a condescending way in order to make the recipient feel belittled. The research questions sought to find out what kind of linguistic strategies are used online in order to make language function in a derogatory way as well as the linguistic reactions these strategies evoke in the recipients. READ MORE