Use of クッション言葉 as a way to avoid face-threatening speech acts in Japanese language

The article is devoted to the specifics of the use of クッション言葉 in Japanese language through the prism of the theory of politeness put forward by American sociolinguists Penelope Brown and Stephen Levinson in their joint work “Politeness: Some Universals in Language Usage.” The relevance of this article is due to the need to clearly understand the purpose of using クッショ ン言葉 in Japanese, which can help in teaching Japanese politeness categories. The purpose of writing this article is to analyze what function クッション言葉 perform in Japanese speech and how they contribute to the observance of speech etiquette, as well as what place they occupy in the categories of politeness described by Brown and Levinson. The method of component analysis was used in this work. The study concluded that クッ ション言葉 are used for both negative and posi- tive politeness purposes.

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