Compliment strategies used by Indonesia learners of English based on compliment topics and gender differences / Terra Januaristy
| Main Author: | Januaristy, Terra |
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| Format: | Thesis NonPeerReviewed |
| Terbitan: |
, 2010
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| Online Access: |
http://repository.um.ac.id/10994/ |
Daftar Isi:
- Keywordsgenderdifferencescomplimentstrategiescomplimenttopicsocio-pragmatic.Thisthesisisasocio-pragmaticstudyoncomplimentsusedbyIndonesianLearnersofEnglishtogiveEnglishcomplimentsbasedonthecomplimenttopics(appearanceandperformance)andgenderdifferences.Fiftyrespondents(25femalesand25males)weretakenfromthestudentsofEnglishDepartmentFacultyofLettersStateUniversityofMalangcohort2006and2007.TheywereaskedtogivecomplimentsbasedonthesituationsgivenintheDiscourseCompletionTest(DCT).TheDCTwasusedtoelicitthedataaboutaspeechactofcomplimentsfromIndonesianEnglishLearnersbasedonthecomplimenttopics(AppearanceandPerformance)andgenderdifferences.ThedatawereanalyzedusingtheclassificationofcomplimentstrategiesformulatedbyYe(1995).TheresultsofthisstudyshowthatIndonesianLearnersofEnglishemployalltypesofcomplimentstrategiesinrespondingtothesituationsgiven.SpecificallyfourtypesofcomplimentstrategiesareExplicitComplimentImplicitComplimentNoResponseandNonCompliment.FemaleandmalerespondentstendtoofferExplicitComplimentsinbothtopicswhichdifferslightlytotheassumptionthatIndonesianpeoplerarelygivecomplimentsamongother.ImplicitComplimentoccurlessfrequentlyonAppearancethanonPerformanceconsideringthatgivingcomplimentsindirectlymaycausemisinterpretation.OntheotherhandonPerformancemoremalesuseNoResponseNonComplimentandImplicitComplimentthanfemalesduetotheperceptionofIndonesiangender-inequality.Thisstudyonlyinvestigatescomplimentsbasedonthecomplimenttopics(appearanceandperformance)andgenderdifferencesingivingcompliments.Thereforefurtherstudiesinrelationtocomplimentsandwithothervariablesarerecommendedtocontributemoretopragmatictheory.Astudyaboutothersocialfactorsthatmayinfluencethepreferenceofthetypesofcomplimentsmightbeinterestingtobeanalyzed.