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Užití přímých strategií při ohrožení tváře komunikačního partnera v jednom typu mediálního dialogu
The use of direct strategies in case of face-threatening acts involvingcommunication partner in one type of media dialogue

Author(s): Jindřiška Svobodová
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: media dialogue; communication strategy; impoliteness; face-threatening acts;

Summary/Abstract: In the presented paper, the author researches communication strategies used by the communicants in media dialogues of a specific type. In the analysed talk show topics formerly regarded as strictly private and unofficial are presented in public. However, the communicants representing a media company refrain from following communication strategies traditionally used to reach the communication goals, instead they intentionally attack their communication partners, threatening their face. The paper presents the most common types of the face-threatening strategies and provides their analysis.

  • Issue Year: XIV/2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 3-20
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Czech