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Question

Stella Ting-Toomey proposed that maintaining this concept is universal in all communications in a namesake “negotiation theory.” For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this concept, a type of public self-image that can be translated from the Chinese words liǎn (“lee-EN”) or miànzi (“mee-EN-tsuh”).

ANSWER: face [accept face negotiation theory]

[10h] This thinker pioneered “face” in the west with the concept of facework in an essay in the collection Interaction Ritual. A communication theory by Kenneth Burke inspired this thinker to develop impression management.

ANSWER: Erving Goffman (Kenneth Burke’s dramatism inspired Goffman’s dramaturgical analysis.)

[10e] The Chinese concept of face was adopted in this country’s concept of mentsu. Ruth Benedict examined this country’s “shame” culture at a distance in The Chrysanthemum and the Sword.

ANSWER: Japan [or Nippon; or Nihon]

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California	Main	Y	5	24.00	100%	80%	60%
Canada	Main	Y	1	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Florida	Main	Y	12	20.00	100%	83%	17%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	7	14.29	100%	43%	0%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	15.56	100%	44%	11%
North	Main	Y	9	20.00	100%	56%	44%
Northeast	Main	Y	5	18.00	100%	80%	0%
Overflow	Main	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	12	13.33	92%	42%	0%
South Central	Main	Y	5	12.00	100%	20%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	20.00	100%	83%	17%
UK	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	50%	25%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	15.00	100%	38%	13%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	8	16.25	100%	25%	38%
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	13	17.69	100%	46%	31%
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley	04/19/2025	Y	4	15.00	100%	50%	0%

Data


Berkeley B	Stanford C	10	10	10	30
Berkeley C	UCSC	10	0	10	20
Stanford A	Berkeley D	10	10	10	30
Stanford B	Berkeley E	0	0	10	10
Berkeley A	Berkeley F	10	10	10	30
UCLA D	UCLA A	0	0	10	10
Queen's B	Guelph B	10	0	10	20
Guelph A	McMaster A	10	0	10	20
McMaster B	Toronto E	0	0	10	10
Toronto H	McMaster C	10	0	10	20
Carleton	Queen's A	10	0	10	20
Toronto A	Toronto D	10	10	10	30
Toronto B	Ottawa	10	0	10	20
Toronto C	McGill A	10	0	10	20
Toronto F	Toronto J	10	0	10	20
Toronto I	Toronto K	0	0	10	10
Toronto Metropolitan	Toronto G	10	0	10	20
FIU	UCF B	0	0	10	10
FSU	UF B	10	0	10	20
UF C	Melbourne A	0	0	10	10
UCF A	UF D	0	0	10	10
McGill C	McGill B	10	10	10	30
CWRU B	CWRU D	10	0	10	20
CWRU C	Pitt C	0	0	10	10
MSU A	Kenyon A	0	0	10	10
OSU A	CWRU A	10	0	10	20
OSU B	Kenyon B	0	0	10	10
Pitt B	OSU C	10	0	10	20
OSU D	Pitt A	0	0	10	10
NC State	Clemson B	0	0	10	10
Clemson A	North Carolina B	10	0	10	20
North Carolina A	Tusculum	10	0	10	20
South Carolina B	Liberty B	0	0	10	10
Virginia Tech B	Tennessee A	10	0	10	20
Virginia Tech A	Tennessee B	0	0	10	10
Virginia A	South Carolina A	10	10	10	30
Virginia B	Liberty A	0	0	10	10
North Carolina C	James Madison	0	0	10	10
George Mason A	Notre Dame E	0	0	10	10
George Mason B	Catholic University	0	0	10	10
Georgetown A	George Washington A	10	0	10	20
Johns Hopkins A	Georgetown B	0	10	10	20
Johns Hopkins B	Johns Hopkins C	0	10	10	20
Maryland A	Maryland C	10	10	10	30
UMBC A	Maryland D	10	0	10	20
NYU A	VCU A	10	10	10	30
NYU B	Penn A	10	0	10	20
Swarthmore A	Columbia A	0	0	10	10
Rutgers B	Columbia C	10	0	10	20
Princeton A	Rowan A	10	0	10	20
Vassar A	Lehigh B	10	0	10	20
Rutgers C	Columbia B	10	0	10	20
Missouri B	SIUE	0	0	10	10
Truman State	WashU D	0	0	10	10
WashU A	WashU C	10	0	10	20
Missouri A	William Woods	0	0	10	10
Chicago B	Chicago C	10	0	10	20
Chicago D	Illinois B	0	0	10	10
UIC	Illinois A	0	0	10	10
Michigan B	Indiana A	10	0	10	20
Illinois C	Kentucky	10	0	10	20
Indiana B	Michigan C	0	0	10	10
Notre Dame A	Chicago A	0	0	10	10
Notre Dame C	Notre Dame B	0	0	10	10
Louisville A	Notre Dame D	0	0	10	10
Michigan A	Purdue A	10	0	10	20
Purdue B	Michigan D	10	0	0	10
Purdue C	Louisville B	0	0	10	10
Iowa State	Carleton	0	0	10	10
Macalester B	Minnesota B	10	0	10	20
St. Thomas	Minnesota C	0	0	10	10
Nebraska	Minnesota A	0	0	10	10
Macalester A	Wisconsin	0	0	10	10
BC A	Amherst B	10	0	10	20
Amherst A	BC B	10	0	10	20
Bowdoin A	Brown C	10	0	10	20
Brandeis Clemenceau	Tufts A	10	0	10	20
Bowdoin B	Brandeis Orlando	0	0	10	10
Brandeis Wilson	Dartmouth	10	0	10	20
Yale A	Brown A	0	0	10	10
Brown B	Cornell-UG	10	0	10	20
Harvard	Tufts B	10	10	10	30
Williams	Brandeis Lloyd George	10	0	10	20
MIT B	Yale B	10	0	10	20
British Columbia B	Washington B	10	0	10	20
British Columbia C	Alberta	0	0	10	10
British Columbia D	Simon Fraser	10	10	10	30
Washington A	British Columbia A	0	0	10	10
Arizona State A	Northwestern C	10	0	10	20
Alberta B	Northwestern B	0	0	10	10
McGill D	Rose State	0	0	10	10
Texas A	Northwestern A	10	0	10	20
Texas B	Tulsa	0	0	10	10
UCO	Iowa	0	0	10	10
Ohio	UTD A	0	10	10	20
Arizona State B	UTD B	10	0	10	20
MIT A	BU	10	10	10	30
Auburn A	Huntsville A	0	0	10	10
Huntsville B	Alabama A	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech B	Georgia Tech C	10	10	10	30
Vanderbilt A	Mississippi State A	10	10	10	30
Alabama B	Sewanee A	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech A	UAB A	0	0	10	10
Bruin A	Vanderbilt B	0	10	10	20
Auburn B	Georgia Tech D	0	0	10	10
Birmingham A	Warwick A	0	10	10	20
Cambridge B	Oxford B	0	0	10	10
Warwick B	Durham A	10	0	10	20
Imperial B	Imperial C	0	0	10	10
Sheffield A	Manchester A	0	10	10	20
Bristol A	Oxford A	0	0	10	10
Bristol B	City St George's A	0	0	10	10
Durham B	Sheffield C	0	10	10	20
Edinburgh A	Cambridge C	10	0	10	20
Sheffield B	Edinburgh B	10	0	10	20
Imperial A	LSE A	10	0	10	20
Manchester B	Cambridge D	10	0	10	20
Southampton A	Cambridge A	10	10	10	30
Binghamton B	Binghamton A	0	0	10	10
Cornell-DII	Syracuse	10	0	10	20
RIT A	ESF	0	0	10	10
Rochester	RIT B	10	0	10	20