Face-saving Use

Face-Saving Use is a pragmatic function of proverbs in discourse whereby indirect speech acts serve to preserve the speaker’s or hearer’s social identity and avoid embarrassment by mitigating face-threatening acts through culturally sanctioned wisdom expressions.

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2017–2026

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  1. BJ
    Byoungho Jin

    University of North Carolina at Greensboro, United States

    3 publications · 157 citations

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  2. BR
    Bert R. Brown

    Cornell University, United States

    3 publications · 277 citations

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  3. JS
    Justin Savoie

    McMaster University, Canada

    2 publications · 123 citations

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  4. ÉB
    Éric Bélanger

    McGill University, Canada

    2 publications · 123 citations

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  5. RD
    Ruth Dassonneville

    Université de Montréal, Canada

    2 publications · 123 citations

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  1. Journal of International Consumer Marketing

    2 publications · 142 citations

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  2. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

    2 publications · 234 citations

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  3. The British Journal of Criminology

    2 publications · 264 citations

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  4. DergiPark (Istanbul University)

    Repository · 1 publications · 58 citations

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  5. Marketing Intelligence & Planning

    1 publications · 105 citations

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