Types | Prototypes of strategies |
Implicit criticisms | Stating the harm the recipient causes to the speaker |
Request the recipient to justify his/her act | |
Innuendo | |
Irony | |
Self-criticizing | |
Explicit criticisms | Pointing out the recipient’s fault |
Stating the adverse consequences of the recipient’s act | |
Directing the recipient to change his/her acts | |
Severe criticisms | Abusing the recipient’s personality or identity |