2023
DOI: 10.18326/jopr.v5i2.280-303
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Mitigating Devices to Save Face in Sellers and Buyers Communication in Bukittinggi Traditional Market

Widya Widya,
Erika Agustiana

Abstract: Due to their content and ways of expression, several speech acts have the potential to threaten the participant's face during an interaction. Mitigating devices can be employed to reduce the harmful effects of these face-threatening acts (FTAs). In this study, the researchers focused on interactions between sellers and buyers in the traditional market in Bukittinggi, West Sumatera, which makes use of the colloquial Minangkabau language. This descriptive qualitative research was aimed at investigating the mitig… Show more

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