Social purposes Flashcards
1
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Informal
A
- encouraging intimacy, solidarity and equality
- maintaining and challenging positive and negative face needs
- promoting linguistic innovation
- supporting in-group membership
2
Q
Formal
A
- maintaining and challenging positive and negative face needs
- reinforcing social distance and authority
- establishing expertise
- promoting social harmony, negotiating social taboos and building rapport
- clarifying, manipulating or obfuscating