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Conlangery #94: Face and Politeness

Conlangery Podcast

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Politeness Strategies to Reduce Face Threats

One dangerous strategy is to use in group language. This can blow up in your face, at least in English because I always know when a telemarketer is on the phone because they call me bill. Sometimes if you do them in an inappropriate circumstance or win or like overdo them, they can actually make more of a face threat than anything else.

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