LING316 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Pap Test, Omen, Hysterectomy
10 Jan 2017
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O solidarity won out (two people who don"t know each other will v each other regardless of their status) A conversation is not just two people each expressing their opinions side by side. It can often be seen as a game there are rules that people adhere to. They often do, this is certainty true for pairs like request/acceptance since an alternative second item is of course refusal . Still, there is a preferred response acceptance. As downes says, a compliment simultaneously performs a supportive function and an assessment function. Just like with the request compliment, which is to accept it, to do otherwise would be considered rude. But there is another force at pay which works against the preferred response . It"s another politeness rule of society to avoid self-praise. , there is a preferred response to a. It means you give a minimum amount of information and assume the other will know who you are.
