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1
Q

3 functions of thanking

A

gratitude
compliment
concluding conversation/speech

2
Q

7 phrases connected to thanking/gtratitude

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complimenting
reassuring listeninger
promising to repay
expressing surprise or delight
expressing liking and pleasure
expressing lack of neccirity/obligation 
exagerating to emphaisize depth of gratitude
3
Q

responses to being thanked

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  1. recognize gratitude: relieve speaker of burden
  2. indicate it was gladly done
  3. deny existence of need to thank/play it down
4
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what do thanks and apologies have in common

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the concept of INDEPBTNESS: hearer must relieve speaker of burden.

‘im sorry/thanks”; ‘dont mention it’