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The role of culture in expressing politeness through speech act in a second language.

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	The role of culture in expressing politeness through speech act in a second language./
作者:	Song, Sooho.
面頁冊數:	234 p.
附註:	Adviser: Fred Eckman.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International69-06A.
標題:	Education, Bilingual and Multicultural. -
電子資源:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3318801
ISBN:	9780549682219

The role of culture in expressing politeness through speech act in a second language.
Song, Sooho.

The role of culture in expressing politeness through speech act in a second language. - 234 p.

Adviser: Fred Eckman.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, 2008.

Politeness is an important part of language expression and communication. According to Brown and Levinson (1987), politeness utterances are based on contextually expected concerns for face, and there are three social factors which affect the speaker's concerns about the risk of losing face: the distance between the speaker and the hearer; the relative power between the communicators and the imposition of the task. However, differences in appreciation of politeness among various cultures may lead speakers to choose different expressions according to their cultural values. Thus, speakers with various language backgrounds differ both in the way they use linguistic politeness devices and in the way they perceive contextual factors (which determine the type and degree of politeness). To incorporate the cultural difference into Brown and Levinson's (1987) politeness model, I developed a formal model by adding cultural difference as a factor that affects politeness expression and perception. I have also empirically tested the new model using a survey of Korean ESL learners and English native speakers. In the survey, I carefully designed questionnaire to reflect the cross-cultural variability of requesting behavior with respect to politeness. In sum, the contribution of this dissertation is fourfold. First, I improved Brown and Levinson's theory by further refining the formal description of the model and by factoring in cultural differences. Second, this study is the first attempt to empirically test Brown and Levin's politeness theory using subjects with various cultural backgrounds. Third, this dissertation is one of the first studies to attempt to study the relationship between politeness weightiness perception and social factors in the context of second language acquisition. Fourth and finally, the findings of my study help us understand how cultural differences play a role in people's politeness behavior in speech acts.

ISBN: 9780549682219Subjects--Topical Terms:

626653
Education, Bilingual and Multicultural.

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