See Also
- Politeness
- Speech act
- Face
- Complimentary language and gender
- Cooperative principle
- Gricean maxims
- Erving Goffman
- Stephen C. Levinson
- Face (social concept)
- Face saving
- Facework
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“Then turning to the disciples, Jesus said to them privately, Blessed are the eyes that see what you see! For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see, but did not see it, and to hear what you hear, but did not hear it.”
—Bible: New Testament, Luke 10:23,24.
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