Teaching English as a Second Language Quarterly (Formerly Journal of Teaching Language Skills)

Keywords = face

Number of Articles: 2
Cross-Cultural Investigation into Generic Structure of Dissertation Acknowledgements in English and Persian: Reflections on Politeness Strategies
Cross-Cultural Investigation into Generic Structure of Dissertation Acknowledgements in English and Persian: Reflections on Politeness Strategies

Alireza Jalilifar; Mohammad Javad Mohammadi

Volume 33, Issue 1 , May 2014, , Pages 23-47

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2014.2021

Abstract
  This contrastive study, in the first place, examined the generic structure and, in the second place, explored the face theory proposed by Arundale (2006) in 140 doctoral dissertation ...  Read More
Power and Politics of Language Use: A Survey of Hedging Devices in Political Interviews
Power and Politics of Language Use: A Survey of Hedging Devices in Political Interviews

Ali Reza Jalilifar; Maryam Alavi

Volume 30, Issue 3 , October 2011, , Pages 43-66

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2012.377

Abstract
  One tactful strategy in political rhetoric is hedging which is associated with vagueness and innuendos. Despite the studies that address hedging in academic discourse and conversation ...  Read More