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Linguistics of Power and Politeness in Turkish: Revelations from Speech Acts.

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Dogancay-Aktuna, Seran; Kamisli, Sibel – 1996

This study investigated the discourse strategies used by native speakers of Turkish in carrying out speech acts of correction and disagreement to status-unequal interlocutors. Focus was on: (1) the politeness markers preferred for softening the impact of words in face-threatening speech situations where the interlocutor corrects the mistake of an…

Descriptors: Cultural Context, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Communication