Hedging Opinion in Romanian Conversational Discourse: The Use Of Softeners
Hedging Opinion in Romanian Conversational Discourse: The Use Of Softeners
Author(s): Diana HornoiuSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Ovidius University Press
Keywords: conversation analysis; extreme case formulation; face-threatening act; positive politeness; softener
Summary/Abstract: This corpus-based paper addresses the use of softeners in Romanian conversational discourse. It highlights two important interactional functions: (i) as devices for mitigating the imposition of face-threatening acts; (ii) as markers of shared knowledge. When they serve the latter function, softeners offer the addressee the opportunity to provide support, understanding, thus showing that both speaker and addressee are on the same wavelength
Journal: Analele Universităţii Ovidius din Constanţa. Seria Filologie
- Issue Year: XXII/2011
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 167-175
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English
