The study of compliment responses by english Departements Students of State University of Malang Based on Social distance differences / Eska Praba Pratiwi
| Main Author: | Pratiwi, Eska Praba |
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| Format: | Thesis NonPeerReviewed |
| Terbitan: |
, 2010
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| Online Access: |
http://repository.um.ac.id/139177/ |
Daftar Isi:
- ABSTRACTPristiwiEskaPraba.2008.TheStudyofComplimentResponsesbyEnglishDepartmentStudentsofStateUniversityofMalangBasedonSocialDistanceDifferences.Thesis.EnglishDepartmentFacultyofLettersStateUniversityofMalang.AdvisorProf.Dr.SiusanaKweldjuM.PdKeywordsPragmaticsComplimentResponsesSocialDistanceEnglishDepartmentStudentsofStateUniversityofMalangThisthesisisapragmaticstudyaboutthecomplimentresponsesusedbyEnglishDepartmentStudentsofStateUniversityofMalanginrespondingthecomplimentsfromthreepeoplewiththreedifferentsocialdistances.Thesocialdistancehereincludesanintimatepersonanacquaintanceandastranger.ThecomplimentresponseswerecollectedusingaDiscourseCompletionTest(DCT)takenfromAlFalasi(2007).Threescenariosweredescribedinwhichtheparticipantswereexpectedtogiverespondtothecomplimentfromthespeakerondifferentoccasions.Thefirstscenariowasgivingaresponsetoacomplimentgivenbyanintimatepersonasister.Inthesecondsituationtheparticipantshadtorespondthecomplimentfromafriendasanacquaintance.Finallytheywereexpectedtorespondacomplimentfromastrangerinadepartmentstore.ThedatafoundwereplacedinoneoftheHerbertstaxonomyofcomplimentresponses(1986).Ifaresponsecouldnotbeclassifiedinthattaxonomytheresearchermarkeditasanewresponse.TheresultofthisstudyshowedthatEnglishDepartmentstudentstendedtoacceptthecomplimentsgiven.Howeverthestrategywasuseddifferently.Forexampleinrespondingtothecomplimentforastrangertheparticipantsneveraddedsomecommentbeforeorafteracceptingthecompliment.Buttheyusuallyaddedsomecommentiftheywererespondingthecomplimentsfromanintimatepersonandanacquaintance.ByusingtheacceptancestrategyitcanbeseenthattheresponsesofEnglishDepartmentstudentshavebeeninfluencedbyEnglishculturewhichsaysthattheacceptancestrategyisthemostappropriatestrategyinrespondingtothecompliments.ItcanbeconcludedalsothattheyhavealreadyhadagoodlevelofcommunicativecompetenceinrespondingtothecomplimentsgiveninEnglishsincetheyareabletousetheirabilityinadjustingtheirchoiceoflanguagebasedonculturalcontextofthesituation.Thisresearchonlyinvestigatedthecomplimentresponsesgivenbasedonsocialdistancedifferencesandthedataforthisstudywerefromaquestionnairewhichdidnotreflectthenaturallyoccurringspeech.Thereforeamoreextensivestudyisneededtocontributemoretotherealapplicationofpragmatictheory.Astudyabouttheinfluenceofsocialstatusdifferencesorothersocialfactorsinrespondingtocomplimentsmightbeinteresting.