POLITENESS AND FACE-WORK IN SELECTED NIGERIAN RED-CARPET INTERVIEWS
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This study examines the Politeness strategies and Facework mechanism employed by individuals on the Red Carpet. The objective is to identify the negative and positive politeness strategies in the Red Carpet interview and to describe how these strategies are used for image and impression management in this context. The study adopts a qualitative research approach involving data collected from the textual analysis of selected Red Carpet interview clips retrieved from YouTube and Instagram.
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