Nt1310 Unit 3 Figurative Language

1. Apologizing, where a speaker expresses negative feelings towards an
Addressee to make them quiet (Norrick 1987: 284)
2. Thanking, where the speaker expresses positive feelings to the addressee,
Who has done a service or a favor to the speaker (loc. cit.: 285)
3. Congratulating, where the speaker has observed that the addressee has
Either benefitted from or brought a positively valued event or success (loc. cit: 285–286)
4. Condoling, which resembles congratulating, except that the experienced
Event is negatively valued (loc. cit.: 286–287)
5. Deploring, or censoring, in which the addressee is criticized for an event
Which had a negative impact on the speaker or a third person (loc. cit.: 287–288)
6. Lamenting, where the speaker expresses