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English Language: Unit 3: Language Variation & Purpose

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Informality

Formality

Brown and Levinson's Politeness theory

Schnabel, L (2019). Politeness in linguistics: an overview. Youtube video (8min).  This video discusses the concepts of positive and negative face, face threatening acts, and positive and negative politeness strategies, all of which are illustrated in a scenario around asking to share notes for a missed lecture.