CMS 314L Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Politeness Theory, Erving Goffman
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Ervin goffman 1967 idea of self as theater; identity as performance. Face successful presentation (& recognition) of identity. Brown & levinson 1987 two types of face needs. Positive face pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)"s self-esteem, a pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)"s desi(cid:396)e to (cid:271)e liked a(cid:374)d t(cid:396)eated (cid:449)ell. Negative face pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)"s desi(cid:396)e fo(cid:396) auto(cid:374)o(cid:373)y, desi(cid:396)e to (cid:271)e f(cid:396)ee f(cid:396)o(cid:373) the i(cid:373)positio(cid:374) of others. Facework all the strategies that we engage in to recognize positive and negative face. Conflict of needs leads to face-threatening acts (e. g. anytime you ask someone a favor) (cid:373)aki(cid:374)g a (cid:396)e(cid:395)uest, de(cid:373)a(cid:374)di(cid:374)g so(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e"s ti(cid:373)e are negative face-threatening acts. Other strategies hedging (cid:862)i thi(cid:374)k (cid:863), (cid:862)if you do(cid:374)"t (cid:373)i(cid:374)d (cid:863), (cid:862)(cid:272)ould you ope(cid:374) the (cid:449)i(cid:374)do(cid:449)? (cid:863) etc.
