Formal purpose + intents Flashcards
1
Q
Purpose + intents
A
- Politeness strategies
- Reinforcing social distance (hierarchical imbalance)
- Establishing + maintaining authority
- Establishing expertise
- Promoting social harmony
- Negotiating social taboos
- Building rapport
- Clarifying, manipulating, obfuscating
2
Q
Explicitly formal
A
- Reinforcing social distance (hierarchical imbalance)
- Establishing + maintaining authority
- Establishing expertise
- Clarifying, manipulating, obfuscating
3
Q
Evident in both formal + informal texts
A
- Politeness strategies
- Promoting social harmony
- Negotiating social taboos
- Building rapport
