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    The Self and Perception

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    Chapter 3: The Self and Perception I. The Self in Human Communication A. Self-concept— your image of who you are; how you perceive yourself: your feelings & thoughts about your strengths & weaknesses‚ your abilities & limitations. 1. Develops from 4 sources a. The images that others have of you (those most significant to your life- if they think highly of you‚ you will see a positive self-image reflected in their behaviors; if they think little of you‚ you will see a more negative

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    vinh university foreign language department ==== (((==== A CROSS-CULTURAL STUDY OF GIVING COMPLIMENTS and responses IN ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE (nghiên cỨU GIAO THOA VĂN HÓA VỀ CÁCH KHEN VÀ ĐÁP LẠI LỜI KHEN TRONG TIẾNG aNH VÀ TIẾNG VIỆT ) graduation paper fIELD: lINGUISTICS Student: TRUONG THI THANH CANH‚ 47A1 Supervisor: BUI THI THANH MAI (M.A) Vinh - 2010 Acknowledgement I would first like specially to thank Mrs

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    Pillow Method

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    great deal of attention in a variety of disciplines philosophy‚ sociology‚ psychology‚ law‚ Journal of Politeness Research 3 (2007)‚ 11 37 DOI

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    A Conversation Analysis

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    of speech. In this essay‚ the analysis of structural features promotes a closer understanding of how speech develops through themes that contribute to its structure. Subjects analysed are: topic and context; speech acts and conditional relevance; politeness; adjacency pairs and insertion sequence; turn construction and transition relevance places; turn taking and overlap; pause and repairs. The essential comprehension of a conversation is connected with its contribution towards a topic. As Wardhaugh

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    an undeniably pleasant person. He gives examples from times throughout his life where kindness has come into play. Ford shares experiences from high school‚ where politeness went unnoticed and‚ for the most part‚ unrewarded. However‚ later in life kindness helped him in the workplace and in social scenes. He also mentions that politeness has helped him look at people in a vulnerable way‚ that each and every one of them has problems that are unknown to others. Ford reveals that being benevolent has

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    You Are What You Say

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    You are what you say The essay‚ " you are what you say " is written by Robin Lakoff‚ a Professor of Linguistics at University of California. She has explicated her view on how English language has functioned to revile and debase women‚ why women are thought to be juvenile‚ dependent and frivolous species. Certain views which makes fair sex less thriving than men. The subject is of great interest as it illustrates that women only say what they mean‚ but what they say is inferred by men in a pejorative

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    actions to impress different types of people‚ but if someone recognize in you sincerity and authenticity the will immediately distinguish you from the bunch. In conclusion‚ the best way to impress somebody is to make them feel comfortable with your politeness and manners‚ sweep them of their feet with your knowledge and attributes nevertheless while been sincere with the person and yourself. While getting to know anyone if you follow these steps and while being yourself rest assured that everybody you

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    Dalam to show familiarity and politeness among other such as‚ Tabe’ pun ka girang? which means ‘excuse’ in English or by saying ‘Maap bae’

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    English and Russian idea of good manners is different. Do you agree or disagree with the statement? Prove your point of view. Good manners are important across the globe‚ but that doesn’t mean they are the same all over the world. The rules of politeness vary greatly all over the world‚ from country to country everywhere. Once we read the article about Marta Ingram‚ who was English and her Russian husband‚ Alexander. When she first met Alexander and he said to her‚ in Russian‚ "Naley mne tchai

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    breakingoften apparent. With Brown and Levinson’s Power and Politeness theory assessing the significant contribution language strategies have in creating such differences I have chosen to analyse how language either instils or reduces power in police-suspect interactions. The opposingroles of the police have intrigued me as they must both control and cooperate to allow for extraction of information. I hope to establish which‚ if any‚ power and politeness strategies enable this. Police-suspect interactions

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