... These strategies help to avoid or weaken threats to another participant of the conversation. Holmes also found that men are more likely to convey facts and figures in the text rather than their feelings. Women are more likely to do the opposite and convey their feeling over the information in the text. Are women more polite than men? According to an extract from a book by Nanci Bonvillain "Women typically use more polite speech than do men, characterised by a high frequency of honorific, and softening devices such as hedges and questions" HONOURIFICS - linguistic markers that signal respect to the person you are speaking to. A lot of dialect is used when addressing in a non - honourific way as opposed to an honourific way. Non - honourific - Hey ma, fix my jacket As opposed to a honourific - Mum could you please do me a favour and fix my jacket? Women are also ...

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