TASK NO. 1: REVIEW THE VOCABULARY FOR THE TYPOLOGIES

Be sure to review the vocabulary for the typologies and make notes about what certain words mean. For example, if you don't know what the following words, phrases, or ideas mean, look them up:

• indirect question
• hedge
• subjunctive voice
• honorific
• phonological slurring
• colloquialism
• ellipsis
• (any others?)

Start a Word document called "Politeness cues exercises". Enter your vocabulary and your definitions in the document.

TASK NO. 2: REVIEW THE EXAMPLES AND UPDATE AS NECESSARY

Some of these examples may seem a bit dated. Not many people use the terms "stick-in-the-mud," "perhaps," or "to trouble someone," although I get "Sir" all the time at stores. And you may have a different word for "bud" ("bruh?"). Look for some archaic expressions and consider how they might be updated as a way of demonstrating that while some of the examples may be stilted, the typologies remain fairly current.

Include your updates in the Word document you started above.

TASK NO. 3: ASKING FOR AN OFFICE

Here are the strategies mentioned in the audiocast on politeness cues:

1. "Can I have Erin's old office?"
2. "Hiya. Hey, whaddya think about my moving into Erin's old office?"
3. "Excuse me. Are you interruptible? I was wondering if there might be some possibility that I would be considered for Erin's old office."
4. "Erin's old office is free, huh?"

Focus on Strategy No. 2 (full of positive politeness cues) and Strategy No. 3 (full of negative politeness cues). In the Word document you started above, identify particular textual cues and the the different typologies used in these two strategies. (For example: "Hiya" is an example of phonological slurring). You'll do this for Nos. 2 and 3 only. (And note that there are multiple tactics used in each.)

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