Essays about: "pragmatics of politeness"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words pragmatics of politeness.

1. 1. PRAGMATIC COMPETENCE: REFUSAL SPEECH ACT BY IRANIAN STUDENTS IN SWEDEN

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Kazhal Shatery; [2023-04-19]
   Keywords : English; culture; speech act of refusal; pragmatic; pragmalinguistics and sociopragmatics; politeness theory; refusal strategies;

   Abstract : Understanding cross-cultural differences plays a crucial role in communication and successful cross-cultural communications depends on various factors such as pragmalinguistics and sociopragmatics. Many researchers focus more on the aspect of pragmatics such as speech acts. The present study is a contrastive study of refusal speech act. READ MORE

3. 2. Do we even care about politeness anymore? : A mixed-methods study of societal perceptions on pragmatic competence in English

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Nellie Lindqvist; [2022]
   Keywords : Cross-cultural pragmatics; ELF; speech-act theory; politeness theory; sociopragmatic competence; sociolinguistics;

   Abstract : Politeness is viewed as an admirable trait by most people, yet what it means to be polite is arguably a controversial issue when it comes to using English, as people of different ages, education levels, and proficiency levels use English daily, and may have different views on politeness. These observations raise questions about whether there are certain universal pragmatic rules, or if pragmatic rules are primarily language- and/or culture-specific. READ MORE

4. 3. What’s up with Swedish Students’ Responses to Question-Based Greetings? : A Study of How Second Language Learners of English Master the Formulaic Greetings “How are you?” and “What’s up?”

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Andreas Karlström; [2020]
   Keywords : english; greetings; pragmatics; sociopragmatics; pragmalinguistics; pragmatics of politeness; second language learning; how are you? ; what s up? ;

   Abstract : The extent to which Swedish learners of English master the formulaic language of greetings and their responses has not been well researched over the years. This study aims to fill the gap by examining how 66 Swedish senior high school students respond to two question-based English greetings: the formal “How are you?” and the informal “What’s up?”. READ MORE

5. 4. Linguistic Politeness in Children’s Movies. : A quantitative corpus study of politeness expressions in The Movie Corpus

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Sara Jaeger; [2020]
   Keywords : children’s language; diachronic approach; historical pragmatics; language change; language in film;

   Abstract : This study aims to analyze explicit politeness markers such as please and thank you in children’s movies using The Movie Corpus. Differences in use over time as well as between children’s movies and other genres of film are investigated, by extracting a variety of frequencies from the corpus for further analysis. READ MORE

6. 5. Being polite : An experimental study of request strategies in Swedish EFL classes

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för didaktik och lärares praktik (DLP)

   Author : Christopher Ekelund; [2019]
   Keywords : Pragmatics; Politeness theory; Face threatening acts; Swedish upper-secondary school; Requests;

   Abstract : In a world which continuously becomes more globalised, the need to adapt one's language depending on context becomes increasingly important. This is acknowledged in the Swedish syllabus for the upper-secondary school, which emphasises communicative competence and the need to adapt to situation and hearer. READ MORE