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2.4.1.3 Negative Impoliteness
According to Bousfield (2008), negative impoliteness
is defined as, “the use
strategies designed to damage the addressee’s negative face wants” (p. 86). This strategy
is more about how we attack someone’s face by taking their freedom.
When we
consciously deny continuing our conversation, it can also be said that we do the negative
politeness strategy.
And again, the explanation of the negative impoliteness can be seen
in Table 2.6, below:
No.
Negative Impoliteness
1.
Frighten – instill a belief that action detrimental to other will occur.
2.
Condescend, a scorn or ridicule –
emphasize own power, use diminutives to other (or
other’s position), be contemptuous, belittle, do not take H seriously.
3.
Invade the other’s space –
literally (positioning closer than relationship permits) or
metaphorically (ask for intimate information given the relationship).
4.
Explicitly associate H with negative aspect – personalize, use pronouns, ‘I’ and ‘you’.
5.
Put H’s indebtedness on record.
6.
Hinder – physically (block passage), conversationally (deny turn, interrupt).
7.
Etc…
Table 2.6 Negative Face Damaging Strategy (Culpeper, 1996 as cited from Bousfield, 2008)
2.4.1.4 Sarcasm or Mock Politeness
Culpeper (1996) defined
sarcasm or mock politeness
as, “the performance of
politeness strategy that obviously insincere, and thus remain surface realisation’”
(Bousfiled, 2008, p. 118). Culpeper (1996) also added that tonal and other phonological
qualities can make some utterance seem impolite although, it has a polite appearance (p.
118). The example of this strategy is when one of your friend dance and you say to him,
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