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    Analysing Conversation

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    the situation of talking to each other | during the whole conversation between Rec and Les: only very short sentences (sometime just one word) signal for social relation (unfamiliar)a ‘please’ is missing impolitejust the short ‘kyou as a form of politeness | 17 Les: .hh Mister Bathwick (.) uh:m I did ask if you c’d do me an18 order on

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    Kant developed a system where moral duties are defined short laws called maxims. However‚ Kant argues that we do not need to follow all maxims. For instance‚ Kant in his book Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals claims that we must “act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law” (Kant 421). Therefore Kant is saying that in order for something to be a maxim it must be something that would be great if everyone did it. For instance‚

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    William O Barr Atkins

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    (most powerful figure in a courtroom) displayed the least of Lakoff’s ‘female’ language features‚ over both men and women Lakoff’s ‘female’ language traits included politeness and over-apology‚ which conclusively just apply to people in inferior positions of power and authority. However judges‚ despite their superior authority‚ use politeness as a part of their role in redressing the situations of the courtroom “The findings indicate that future research on gender difference in language usage should move

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    In Ralph Waldo Emerson’s maxim‚ “Speak your latent conviction‚ and it shall be the universal sense”‚ Emerson supports the notion of individuality and conveying one’s beliefs without the fear of controversy. This maxim relates to the play‚ “The Night Thoreau Spent In Jail”‚ in which the main character Henry doesn’t conform societal expectations and stays true to his beliefs. While instructing a class of students‚ Henry refuses to teach according to the school’s curriculum. He is criticized by the

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    “The Application of the supreme principle of morality (of Immanuel Kant) in the decisions we take in everyday life”. Immanuel Kant introduced his moral theory in the late 18th century‚ which sought to establish a supreme principle of morality. He argued that there exists an ethical system whereby moral requirements are requirements of reason‚ and the rightness of actions is determined by their accordance with moral law. Therefore‚ an immoral action will always be considered an irrational action

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    I do not mean to suggest that the _custom_ of lying has suffered any decay or interruption--no‚ for the Lie‚ as a Virtue‚ A Principle‚ is eternal; the Lie‚ as a recreation‚ a solace‚ a refuge in time of need‚ the fourth Grace‚ the tenth Muse‚ man’s best and surest friend‚ is immortal‚ and cannot perish from the earth while this club remains. My complaint simply concerns the decay of the _art_ of lying. No high-minded man‚ no man of right feeling‚ can contemplate the lumbering and slovenly lying

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    Ezra Nugiel Ms. Rocchino English 2H‚ Period C Rebecca Study Guide: Chapters 1-3 Chapter 1 1. Describe the setting of the narrator’s dream: the house‚ the drive‚ the plant life‚ the general atmosphere. The narrator opens the novel with the line “Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.” At Manderley‚ there is an “iron gate leading to the drive”. Upon this gate there is a “padlock and chain”. The gate’s spokes are “rusted” and the lodge further down the drive is “uninhabited”. There is “no smoke”

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    example‚ a man who uses reason and the maxim does not kill will care for his life‚ because he understands this duty and has a natural inclination to it. If his life is successful‚ he should not have a problem with it‚ but his maxim of protecting life is not yet moral. The situation changes when someone is not successful in life‚ and the worries of everyday life overwhelm him so that he loses the desire to live‚ but out of duty he still protects his life‚ then his maxim has moral content and his actions

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    Personal responsibilities are maintained * Following standards of address * Do nothing that’s face-threatening * Seek consensus * Use appropriate formality Face in the workplace * Vagueness * Excessive formality and politeness (for example‚ au lieu de me critique mon boss va faire l’éloge de mon collègue) * Indirect or implicit speech * Conformity to social norms * Use of intermediaries * Chinese

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    State University‚ United States a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Job titles are defined as socially reinforced symbols that are based on cooperation. Further‚ job title inflation (JTI) is defined as a deliberate violation of cooperative principle maxims that is intended to extract gains for an organization. The cooperative principle‚ which is borrowed from the theory of conversational implicature‚ is expanded to explain how job titles maintain social value‚ thus acting as important symbols. It is

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