Contrastive Pragmatics: Compliment Response Strategies Of Indonesian And American Speakers / Imam Mashuri
| Main Author: | Mashuri, Imam |
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| Format: | Thesis NonPeerReviewed |
| Terbitan: |
, 2018
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| Online Access: |
http://repository.um.ac.id/11121/ |
Daftar Isi:
- ABSTRACTMashuriImam.2018.ContrastivePragmaticsComplimentResponseStrategiesofIndonesianandAmericanSpeakers.Thesis.EnglishDepartmentFacultyofLettersStateUniversityofMalang.AdvisorDr.EmaliaIragiliatiSukarniM.Pd.KeywordsComplimentResponsesIndonesianNativeSpeakerAmericanNativeSpeakerUnderstandingSpeechActsacrosscultureinparticularcomplimentresponsesisveryessentialnowadaysasitsavesusfromthecommunicationbreakdownduringcommunicationwithpeoplefromdifferentculturalbackground.ThusthisstudyaimsatstudyingthemajorcomplimentresponsestrategiesperformedbyIndonesianandAmericannativespeakers.MoreoveritalsoinvestigatesthedifferencesbetweenIndonesianandAmericanspeakersinperformingcomplimentresponsestrategies.Besidesittriestofindouttheunderlyingreasonsofoneinrespondingtocompliments.Thisstudyemploysadescriptivequalitativedesign.Thedatawereobtainedfromrespondentsconsistingof40participants(20Indonesianand20Americanrespondents).Questionnairewasutilizedasaninstrumenttocollectthedata.Therearetwotypesofquestionnairesused.Firstthequestionnaireisintheformofdiscoursecompletiontest(DCT)whichconsistsof12pointswheretheinformantsareaskedtorespondtocomplimentsincertainsituation.Thenthesecondquestionnairewasaimedatfindingtheunderlyingreasonswhydopeoplegiveresponsetocompliments.Inthisstudyquestionnairesweredistributedtwice.Thefirstcyclewasthetryoutwhichintendedtoensurethevalidityofthequestionnaire.Thenextcyclewasdistributingthequestionnairestothe40participantsfortheactualresultofthispresentstudy.FurthermorethedatacollectedwereanalyzedbasedonHerbertsTaxonomy(1990).Thefindingsrevealedthat(1)AppreciationtokenbecomesthemostfrequentlyusedstrategiesbyIndonesiannativespeakers(28.3%).MeanwhileforAmericannativespeakerscommentacceptance(34.6%)becomesthemajorusedstrategywhentheyarerespondingtocompliments.(2)BothAmericanandIndonesiannativespeakersemployedthestrategieswhichbelongtoagreementcategories.InotherwordseitherAmericanorIndonesiancomplimentrecipientstendtoacceptthecomplimentaryforcefromtheAddresser.(3)ForIndonesianrespondentsculturalmattersorbeingpolitetothepeoplewhogavethecomplimentaryforcetothembecomethemostchosenreasonofrespondingtocompliments(100%).WhereasfortheAmericannativespeakersHabitisthehighestchosenreasonofrespondingtocompliments(95%).ThispresentstudyofcomplimentresponsesinEnglishandIndonesiancanserveasareferencetoenrichthebodyoflinguistics.Neverthelessitisstronglyrecommendedthatfurtherstudiesbeconductedondailydiscoursesandfromthepointofviewofotherfieldespeciallysyntacticpatternofcomplimentresponsesforitsbetterment.