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lawyer is higher than a witness and he is also a friend of the H, so the bald of record is used because S has no intention to safe H‟s
face. By calling the name or status of H, S delivers his aim efficiently because H puts attention only to him.
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“Just describe her injuries, Heck.”
“Well, she was beaten around the head. There was already bruises
comin„ on her arms, and it happened about thirty
minutes before. Show little
or no desire to maintain
someones face
The conversation is between Atticus the speaker and someone called “Heck”. Heck is the local sheriff and he is the one who
takes care of the case Atticus is handling. In the utterances above, Atticus is s
howing no desire to maintain Heck‟s face. In the conversation above, Atticus gives command to Heck to describe
the injuries of the victims and not to talk something else. It is probably because Heck is talking something else and that Atticus
get a little angry. Atticus has no desire to minimize the threat to the hearer
because he is in the higher position. He is the lawyer and Heck is the sheriff that becomes the witness of the criminal case in the
court.
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“How do you know?” Mr. Tate
grinned. “Sorry, that‟s what they said. Anyway, she was
pretty bruised up when I got there, and she had a
black eye comin„.” Show task-
orientation Atticus in the conversation is doing bald on record politeness
strategy by showing task orientation in his speech. In the conversation, he simply says “how do you know?” it shows task
orientation. Atticus wants the hearer to explain what he knows.
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“Which eye?” Mr. Tate blinked and ran his
hands through his hair. “Let‟s see,” he said softly, then he
looked at Atticus as if he considered the question childish.
“Can’t you remember?” Atticus asked.
Speak as if great
efficiency is necessary
Atticus in the conversation is showing bald on record strategy by speaking as if great efficiency is necessary. He does not try to
minimize the threat and simply says „which eye?” Atticus wants to get efficient answer for his question.