Research Article
Exploring (Im)Politeness Strategies in Indirect Reports in Persian across Genders
Table 6
Distribution of impoliteness strategies used by the participants (N = 552).
| Strategies | Frequency | Percentage |
| 1. Ignore other interlocutors; … | 53 | 9.60 | 2. Exclude others from activities… | 67 | 12.13 | 3. Disassociate from others,… | 72 | 13.04 | 4. Disinterested, unconcerned, … | 66 | 11.95 | 5. Use inappropriate identity markers… | 58 | 10.50 | 6. Use an obscure or… | 61 | 11.05 | 7. Make others feel uncomfortable… | 74 | 13.40 | 8. Use taboo words, swear words,… | 35 | 6.34 | 9. Call the other names… | 66 | 11.95 |
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