Involvement Strategies (Positive Face)

Some Common Linguistic Strategies of Involvement/Intimacy/Interest:

1) Notice or attend to H
2) Exaggerate (interest, approval, sympathy with H)
3) Claim in-group membership with H
4) Claim common point of view, opinions, attitudes, knowledge, empathy
5) Be optimistic
6) Indicate S knows H’s wants and is taking them into account
7) Assume or assert reciprocity
8) Use given names and nicknames
9) Be voluble (i.e., talk a lot)
10) Use H’s language or dialect