Speech Theories Flashcards
1
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accommodation theory
A
people either upwardly or downwardly converge or diverge with other speakers to either alienate or involve
2
Q
positive face
A
desire for approval, threatened by insults and disagreeing, protected by compliments and agreeing
3
Q
negative face
A
desire for autonomy, threatened by imperatives, protected by implicature and interrogatives
4
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grice’s maxims
A
relevance, manner (ambiguity), quantity, quality (truth)
