ENGL2006 Week 5 Review

"I now pronounce you man and wife" is an example of a...

• Bad dream

• speech act

• speech aid

"I want to be approved of by others" is an example of

• Positive face

• Negative face

What do the letters FTA stand for?

• Face tormenting act

• Face threatening act

• Face teasing act

"Would you lend me ten dollars my dear" is an example of...

• Positive Politeness

• Negative Politeness

"I seem to have forgotten my wallet" is an example of...

• Bald on-record

• Positive Politeness

• Negative politeness

• Bald off-record

Differing expectations about politeness can usually lead to...

• A punch in the face

• Intercultural miscommunication

• A smile and a cup of tea

Politeness strategies are...

• just a reflection of social relations

• a way of actively constructing social relations

We need to have more awareness of diverse cultural conventions for social interaction

• True

• False