| dc.description.abstract | Politeness becomes important in speech when what is about to be said has the
potential to threaten the Hearer’s face. Often in communication it is necessary to
say something that would threaten the other person’s face. In other words, Face
Threatening Acts (FTA) are committed when the speech behavior is going to potentially
fail to meet the Hearer’s positive or negative face needs. Doing FTA is a
normal speech behavior and is not seen as a problem in itself. The problem arises
when the FTA fails to be executed appropriately in order to mitigate potential
problems that could result from doing the FTA. Prostitutes are considered as
marginalized people, and then women as sub group tend to speak more politely.
There are many subordinate groups which have their own set of communication
rules, apart from the universal rules. There are different levels of required politeness
and different ways of being polite, but all people have the need to be appreciated
and protected, which Brown and Levinson call face needs. This study found
interesting features in the way the subjects manipulate and manage their interactions
in order to get their intended message across employed six positive and seven
negative politeness strategies. | en_US |
