Research Article
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 |
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