TY - JOUR
T1 - Politeness theory and refusals of requests
T2 - Face threat as a function of expressed obstacles
AU - Johnson, Danette Ifert
AU - Roloff, Michael Elwood
AU - Riffee, Melissa A.
PY - 2004/1/1
Y1 - 2004/1/1
N2 - This investigation seeks to extend Wilson, Aleman, and Leatham's (1998) revision of Brown and Levinson's (1987) politeness theory by focusing on the relationship between face threat and refusals to requests. Results support that (a) when requests are refused, threats to the negative face needs of the requester are more prevalent than threats to the negative face of the refuser and (b) depending on the obstacle underlying the refusal, there are differences in type of threat present to the requester's positive face and the refuser's face needs.
AB - This investigation seeks to extend Wilson, Aleman, and Leatham's (1998) revision of Brown and Levinson's (1987) politeness theory by focusing on the relationship between face threat and refusals to requests. Results support that (a) when requests are refused, threats to the negative face needs of the requester are more prevalent than threats to the negative face of the refuser and (b) depending on the obstacle underlying the refusal, there are differences in type of threat present to the requester's positive face and the refuser's face needs.
KW - Politeness theory
KW - compliance-resistance
KW - refusals
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U2 - 10.1080/10510970409388616
DO - 10.1080/10510970409388616
M3 - Article
VL - 55
SP - 227
EP - 238
JO - Communication Studies
JF - Communication Studies
SN - 1051-0974
IS - 2
ER -