Disclaimers and the Importance of Metapragmatic Awareness Data
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The use of disclaimers, actively engaged in by Thai teenagers on social media and TV and radio programmes, is one of the face-saving strategies intended to decrease negative effects on hearers. However, there is a dearth of research that emphasises disclaimers generally and, in particular, disclaimers in Thai. To provide insights into how disclaimers have been used and interpreted, the present academic paper aims to gather, analyse and synthesise knowledge of disclaimers including speech acts, politeness, mitigation and metapragmatic awareness. Moreover, this academic paper also underscores the importance of data collection in pragmatic research directly pertaining to metapragmatic awareness. Equally important, more insights are expected to be gained that demonstrate how disclaimers are multifarious and multidimensional, contingent upon linguistic, psychological, social and cultural factors.
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