Saman Ebadi

[ 1 ] - An Exploratory Study of Genuine Criticism Realization and Mitigation Strategies a Case of Movie Interactants

Genuine Criticism (GC) is an evaluative expression of annoyance with an attribute in the interlocutor, whose realization may threaten the positive image of both interlocutors. The current study investigates facework and politeness in performing GCsin different contexts and for interlocutors with low social distance and high status in terms of GC realization strategies and mitigation devices tha...