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Figure 7.4: Functions of vocatives in SettCorp
Mitigator
Mitigation is the most common vocative function in settled family discourse
accounting for 36% of all vocatives used. This function includes the use of vocatives
where there is a potential threat to positive or negative face (Brown and Levinson
1987). Extract (7.10) represents a typical context, the family decorating the
Christmas tree, within which mitigating vocatives are commonly found (mitigator
marked in bold):
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