Emotive politeness in face-threatening speech acts: cross-cultural perspectives
... communication, including the emotional/emotive dimension. This article examines politeness through the prism of the emotional component of communication. It contributes to the study of emotive politeness, which focuses on the recipient's feelings, in face-threatening acts. The purpose of this study is to identify the means of mitigating refusal through emotional support to the addressee in English and Russian academic digital communication and to trace their culture-specific variability. The material consists ...
First-name address, interpersonal interaction and the public face: the case of the Russian language
... communication between family members and service encounters. For some pieces of data, a description framed in terms of linguistic politeness appears to be suitable. Yet, a first-name address can function as not only a mitigating device but also a potential face-threatening act. Finally, there are many instances where politeness issues do not seem relevant. In these cases, it seems appropriate to describe the vocative function as a background operation to maintain social relations.
terms of address, given name, service ...
