Marriage, Conflict, and Communication: Pragmatic Inquiry into Impoliteness in the Marital Relationship

The issue of impoliteness has long been a matter interest in linguistic investigations. Considerable research conducted to uncover factors and features regarding the realizations multiple social contexts. This study engages pragmatic inquiry into marital relationship. data this consisted TV episode from one famous on-site mediation reality program China. Primarily drawing on Bousfield’s (2008) model realizations, used qualitative approach examine means by which couple relationship causes face-attacking effects ultimately arouses conflicts. primary findings indicate that couples might struggle with various communicative challenges. A problematic tends be signaled some practices impoliteness. identified thirteen linguistically behaviorally gender variations concerning couple’s frequent practices.