How an Indirect Complaint Makes Solidarity

How an Indirect Complaint Makes Solidarity

An Investigation of the Sociopragmatic Features of Persian Speech Patterns

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The present study examined the structure and social function of indirect complaints (ICs) responses in Persian. Indirect complaint is defined as the expression of dissatisfaction to an interlocutor about oneself or someone or something that is not present. It differs from direct complaint in that the addressee is not held responsible for the perceived offense. In the current study IC responses were studied according to interlocutors attributes: gender and social distance. The data were collected by means of discourse completion test (DCT). This study found that although commiseration responses...