Research Article
Exploring (Im)Politeness Strategies in Indirect Reports in Persian across Genders
Table 7
Distribution of output strategies used by the participants (N = 306).
| Strategies | Frequency | Percentage |
| 1. Frighten, instill a belief… | 48 | 15.68 | 2. Scorn, ridicule by… | 39 | 12.74 | 3. Contemptuous,… | 34 | 11.11 | 4. Belittle others… | 41 | 13.39 | 5. Invade others’ space… | 44 | 14.37 | 6. Explicitly associate… | 49 | 16.01 | 7. Put others’ indebtedness… | 51 | 16.66 |
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