Exploring (Im)Politeness Strategies in Indirect Reports in Persian across Genders

Table 4

Distribution of politeness strategies among males and females.

Strategies	Female		Male
	Frequency	Percentage	Frequency	Percentage
Bold on-record	22	26.8	27	29.6
Negative politeness	21	25.6	20	21.9
Positive politeness	23	28.0	25	27.4
Off-record	16	19.5	19	20.8
N	82	100	91	100