QUESTIONS In what sense is indirectness costly and risky Despite the fact that indirectness is costly and risky people frequently resort to indirectness in conversation Whats the reason for that ID: 316159
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STUDY
QUESTIONS
In what sense is indirectness “costly and risky”?
Despite the fact that indirectness is costly and risky, people frequently resort to indirectness in conversation. What’s the reason for that?
In what sense is indirectness universal
?
List the factors governing the level ( or degree) of indirectness.Slide2
How does the hearer’s power (or authority) affect the level of indirectness employed by the speaker?
What are the types of power identified in the book, and which of them may influence the level of indirectness
?
What are the variables used in determining the social distance between speakers?
How does social distance affect the degree of
indirecness
employed)
What does the term “size of imposition” refer to, and in what way does it affect the degree of indirectness?
Discuss the relationship between the concept of “rights and obligations” and indirectness.Slide3
INDIRECTNESS
Linguistic Realisation
Direct
Indirect
Take
me home. → The most direct form.2) I want you to take me home. → wish assertion
Here, the H is left with a choice of whether to carry out the S's wish or ignore it.
3) Will you take me home? → Yes/No question Gives the H more freedom of action to say YES or NO.
4)
Can you take me home?
→
question about H's ability
Gives the H an "out". The H is able to decline an action on grounds of being unable to do so.
e.g. The H might say: I'm able to do it, but I can't.Slide4
The adoption of
t
he unreal forms of WILL and CAN ,i.e.,
WOULD and COULD, is yet another stage of in
the avoidance of commitment.
Indirect5) Would you take me home?6) Could you take ne home?
The past tense modals signify a hypothetical action by the H, so in reply the H can in theory
give a positive response to the question without committing himself to anything in the real world.e.g. I would if I could.Slide5
Indirect
7)
Could you
possibly take me home?
8) Would you mind taking me home?"possibly" and "mind" are tentatively biased items, so unlike questions with CAN, they can't be understood as serious questions. Therefore, they are pragmatically specialized towards the function of indicating greater indirectness.
9)
You couldn't possibly take me home, could you?10) You wouldn't mind taking me home, would you?11) Are you going to Heykel? or Where are you going?
Non-conventionally indirectSlide6
EXERCISE
S
A
. In view of the factors power, social distance and
size of imposition which govern the degree of indirectness, propose a situation for the use of each of the utterances provided below.
1. Pass the salt, please. _______________________________2. Will you pass the salt, please? _______________________________3. Could you pass the salt? _______________________________4. Do you see the salt anywhere? _______________________________Excuse
me, I’m sorry to bother you but I wonder if you could
pass the salt. ________________________________Slide7
B.
Explain the use of the following utterances in terms of the estimated
power between the S and H, the perceived
social distance between them and the estimated size of imposition involved in the act.
1. I’m sorry to bother you but would there be any chance of your lending me just enough money to get a railway ticket to get home? I must have dropped my purse and I just don’t know what to do. [the ticket costs the equivalent of 50 TL].
2. Hey, got change for 50 p., mate?