Politeness strategies used by children in requests in relation to age and gender: a case study of Jordanian elementary school students

IntroductionRequesting is considered one of the most threatening speech acts that people tend to use politeness strategies to tone down the request and minimize the face loss of the recipient. These strategies develop over years and while children appear to produce polite speech forms at an early ag...

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Main Author: Linda S. Al-Abbas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Education
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2023.1175599/full