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Politeness and impoliteness

Task F – Getting a few more terms straight

We have used a few more technical terms as we have gone through tasks D and E, so let’s make sure we have got them straight.

How do you understand the following terms? Compare your answers with ours.

Face-threatening Act (FTA)

Bald FTA

On record FTA

Off record FTA

Our answer

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