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equilibrium and positive social values informing selves proffered in talk, as well
as noting cultural variations to both positive and negative aspects of face, none
has systematically applied itself to the study of these fundamental concepts
over and throughout the flow of any piece of interaction (2.3). Following this, in
discussing methodology, I pointed to the most appropriate data and data sites
to conduct such an analysis, and identified the conceptual parameters which will
guide this particular study (2.4).
In the next chapter I want to take forward these conceptual, empirical,
and analytical interests to consider how they might be combined to arrive at a
workable methodology for the investigation of English and German facework. In
short, I shall be attempting to identify a useable framework for the analysis of
facework in naturally occurring ongoing conversation in both cultures, with the
concepts of the self as informed by positive social values, equilibrium, and both
positive and negative face needs as central organising features in talk.
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