Impoliteness: The act of
directly threatening face.
Intended to avoid giving
offence by showing
deference.
I.e. Questioning,
hedging +
presenting
disagreements
(opinions)
Politeness strategies:
Distinctive ways in which
speakers can choose to
speak to avoid threatening
face.
Expresses concern +
minimises threats to
self-esteem / "face".
Intended to avoid
giving offense by
highlighting
friendliness.
I.e. Juxtaposing criticisms
with compliments,
establishing common
ground, jokes, nicknames,
tag questions & discourse
markers (please)
Conversational Maxims: Explicit principles
that provides a backdrop for conversation
to take place so speakers can easily
understand each other.
Maxim of quantity: One
tries to be as informative as
possible + give as much
information as needed.
Maxim of quality: One tries to
be as truthful + does not give
information that is false / not
supported by evidence.
Maxim of relation: One tries to be
relevant + say things pertinent to the
discussion.
Maxim of manner: one tries to be as
clear, as brief + as orderly as they
can in what one says. Avoid
ambiguity & obscurity.
Felicity conditions: The conditions
needed for a speech act to
achieve its purpose. I.e. Authority
of the speaker & the situation of
the speaker.
An essential condition:
Whether the speech act is
being performed seriously
& sincerely. (Promise)
A sincerity condition: Whether
the speaker intends that an
utterance be acted upon by the
addressee. (Go jump off a bridge)
A preparatory condition: Whether the authority
of the speaker and the circumstances of the
speech act are appropriate to its being
performed successfully.
Speech Acts: Forms and functions associated with
particular utterances + types of speech.
I.e. Suggestions, apologies,
threats, compliments, invitations,
advice & warnings.
Locutionary act: Utterance itself.
Expressives: Speech which expresses the
feelings / attitudes towards the proposition.
Assertives: Speech which commits the
speaker to the truth of what they're saying.
Directives: Speech which triggers the
reader to take action. I.e. requests.
Declaratives: Speech that
makes a pronouncement that
changes the reality of the
situation. I.e. 'I now
pronounce you man & wife.'
Perlocutionary act: The actual effect of the
utterance on the hearer.
Illocutionary act: The significance &
pragmatic force of the utterance.