摘要：Discourse analysis is conducted to analyze the "face-threatening acts"
(FTA) in some conversations of Scent of a Woman (1993), the Best Picture of
Oscar in 1993. Brown and Levinson's (1978) framework of positive politeness
or negative politeness is adopted to examine how a cynical old colonel talked
with a nice junior and a beautiful girl respectively in unconventional ways,
which enable them to develop friendship thanks to the (im)politeness strategies
used, e.g. bald-on-record or off-record tactic. The "meaning in interaction" in
the (im)politeness strategies is explored. The analysis of politeness in action in
this film uncovers both the informational and affective dimensions of language
use in structuring human relationship and friendship.
关键词：positive politeness, negative politeness, bald-on-record, offrecord,
Scent of a Woman
