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Face (sociological concept)
About: Face (sociological concept) is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 5171 publications have been published within this topic receiving 96109 citations. The topic is also known as: Lose face & Face (sociological concept).
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TL;DR: The reception of Machiavelli's Reception in Tudor England was described in this article, where the Trimmers concluded that "Machiavel's Letter and The Works' 1675, 1680, 1694 and 1695.
Abstract: 1 The Tudors and Political Thought 2 Machiavelli's Reception in Tudor England 3 'Politick Religion' (1603-1640) 4 Continuities (1640-1660) 5 Innovations (1640-1660) 6 Harrington, Hobbes, God and Machiavelli 7 Machiavelli and the Trimmers Conclusion Appedix A: The Atheisticall Polititian Appendix B: 'Machiavel's Letter' and 'The Works' 1675, 1680, 1694 and 1695
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TL;DR: The authors compared Greek and German conversational styles and discussed politeness not with respect to a single, face-threatening, act, but within the context of the speech event as a whole, and pointed out some consequences for the Brown and Levinson theory.
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TL;DR: In this article, a cross-cultural study of Chinese and English business request letters, and of English letters written by native English speakers and Chinese non-native speakers is aimed at examining the rhetorical differences between them.
Abstract: This cross-cultural study of Chinese and English business request letters, and of English letters written by native English speakers and Chinese non-native speakers is aimed at examining the rhetorical differences between them. By using Swales'move structure analysis and Mann and Thompson's rhetorical structure theory, the comparison between Chinese and English business request letters reveals that they have a rather different rhetorical structure although they share the same communicative purpose of expressing a wish for something. This is probably due to two factors: first, the inherently different discoursal patterns of the two languages, and second, the different readers' and writers' expectations regarding making a request in the two cultures. In the Chinese letters, a deference face system is predominant, including features such as the inductive introduction of requests (justification + request), an absence of face-threatening moves, and a greater proportion of and flexibility in the use of rapport-building strategies throughout the whole text. On the other hand, in the English letters, a solidarity face system is employed in making business requests, with features such as the deductive introduction of the request, greater emphasis on the ideational content, and frequent occurrence of face-threatening moves. The English request letters by Chinese writers show patterns similar to those found in the Chinese request letters, such as the preferred pattern of justification followed by request, greater emphasis on interpersonal or rapport-building strategies, and an absence of face-threatening moves. Certain possible areas of discoursal transfer in English business request letters by Chinese writers have been identified for further investigation. Lastly, move structure analysis and rhetorical structure theory are compared for their relative strengths and weaknesses for textual analysis
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TL;DR: In this paper , Chan et al. highlighted some inconsistency in WHO's initial January, 2020, guidance on this issue and highlighted the need for the use of face masks by individuals in the community.
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