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

<table class="table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Strategies</td><td class="align_center">Frequency</td><td class="align_center">Percentage</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Bold on-record</td><td class="align_center">26</td><td class="align_center">21.6</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Negative politeness</td><td class="align_center">31</td><td class="align_center">25.8</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Positive politeness</td><td class="align_center">35</td><td class="align_center">29.3</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Off-record</td><td class="align_center">28</td><td class="align_center">23.3</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Distribution of politeness strategies used by Persian speakers (<i>N</i> = 120).</div>

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Table 3: Exploring (Im)Politeness Strategies in Indirect Reports in Persian across Genders 