Question

Indirect speech acts constitute one of the many forms of politeness.. How?

Answer 1

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Explanation:

An indirect remark may be motivated by the speaker's goal to convey some face-threatening information, while being seen as a polite person who avoids threatening others' face.

In responding to someone's ideas in a meeting, for example, we might say, “Your ideas are very interesting,” when in fact, the force of the words are a dismissal of those ideas: “it's not time to hear about those ideas right now.” Typically, we rely on indirect speech in order to avoid disagreement, but also to avoid .