topic: [[Writing]] created: 2024-07-10 *I am the note template.* ##### what is it? "Face threatening acts" (Brown and Levenson) - Positive face is the desire to interact - Negative face is the desire to maintain autonomy ##### why does it matter? these are in tension, and we can unintentionally perform stronger face threatening acts in our writing, which can put people in a position of feeling attacked ##### This reminds me of [[reactance]] ##### What would the opposite argument be? tags: #note/growing ##### Sources: Lakoff, R. T., & Ide, S. (Eds.). (2005). _Broadening the horizon of linguistic politeness_. John Benjamins Publishing.