Strategies of refusal to requests by English Department students of State University of Malang / Thaliatur Rizqiyah
| Main Author: | Rizqiyah, Thaliatur |
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| Format: | Thesis NonPeerReviewed |
| Terbitan: |
, 2009
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| Online Access: |
http://repository.um.ac.id/10867/ |
Daftar Isi:
- ThisisapragmaticinvestigationintothespeechactofrefusingasmadebyEnglishDepartmentstudentsofStateUniversityofMalang.Thisstudyinvestigatesrefusalsofthirtyparticipantstorequestofhigherequalandlowerstatusinterlocutors.SubjectsrefusalswerecollectedusingaDiscourseCompletionTest(DCT)takenfromBeebeTakahashiandUliss-Weltz(1990).TheyareaskedtorespondinEnglishtothreedifferentsituationsinwhichtheycarryoutthespeechactofrefusal.Thefirstsituationdescribesanemployer-employeerelationship.Heretherespondentshavetorefusealowerstatusinterlocutorinthiscaseistheemployee.Thesecondsituationdescribesafriendshiprelationshipsincetherespondentshavetorefuseanequalstatusinterlocutor.Thethirdsituationdescribesanemployer-employeerelationshipasinthefirstsituation.Howeverinthissituationtherespondentshavetorefuseahigherstatusinterlocutorthatishis/herboss.DataaremainlyanalyzedintermsofsemanticformulasequencesandwerecategorizedaccordingtotherefusaltaxonomybyBeebeetal.(1990).SemanticformulaswhichdonotfittherefusaltaxonomybyBeebeetal.areanalyzedbasedonKwonsfindingswhiletheothersarelabeledbytheresearcher.Resultsindicatethatalthoughasimilarrangeofrefusalstrategiesarefoundinrefusalstohigherequalandlowerstatusinterlocutorsthecontentortoneoftheformulasaredifferent.Forinstanceinusingthestatementofregrettheparticipantsaremorelikelytouseintensification(e.g.IdoapologizeImverysorryetc.)torefusehigherstatusinterlocutorsbutnottoequalandlowerstatusinterlocutor.Overalltheparticipantstendtomitigateorlessentheeffectoftheirrefusalsinrefusinghigherandlowerstatusrequesters.RefusinginanL2isacomplextaskbecauseitrequirestheacquisitionofthesocio-culturalvaluesofthetargetculture.ThusinacquiringanL2itisnotenoughtoonlystudythelanguagegrammarbutalsotheculturetoeffectivelycommunicatewithL2nativespeakers.Duetothemethodologyofwrittendataelicitationotherfactorssuchasintonationtonestressnon-verbalgesturesandfacialexpressionswerenotobserved.Thusnaturalisticdatacollectionfromroleplaysorrecordingsmadeinnaturalsettingswouldbedesirableasbothacomplementandasaself-standingmethodologyinmoreextensivestudies.