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Investigating Politeness in Spoken Language: Students’ Inquisition Towards Lecturers. AHMAD SUHAIRI BIN MOHAMED SUHAIMI P64321. Background of Study Some cultures stress on politeness when they communicate with other people - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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AHMAD SUHAIRI BIN MOHAMED SUHAIMIP64321
Background of Study◦ Some cultures stress on politeness when they
communicate with other people◦ Sometimes, words chose by students do not much
reflect their politeness◦ Impoliteness can lead to communication
breakdown
Statement of Problem◦ Bayles (2009), she stated that Brown and
Levinson (1987) stressed that politeness is important.
◦ Yule (2008) - awareness ◦ Unable to save face – leads to Face Threatening
Acts (FTAs) ◦ Impoliteness – affect teaching and learning
process (Bacha, Bahous and Diab, 2012)
Purpose of Study◦ To find out the existence of politeness during
inquisition process among students and lecturers◦ To find out the differences between strategies
used◦ To find out how Brown and Levinson’s theories
related to the strategies used by students
Research Questions◦ What are the politeness markers identified when
students ask their lecturers?◦ What are the differences between male and
female politeness strategies?◦ How are Brown and Levinson’s politeness
strategies related with students’ politeness during inquisition process?
Politeness Markers◦ All language possess politeness markers (Ardila,
2008)◦ Negative politeness – hedging – introduces
several different categories of politeness markers.◦ Politeness markers used by male were roughly
equal to female (Hobbs, 2003)
Gender◦ Bacha, Bahous and Diab (2012),focusing on
gender and politeness in foreign language academic context
◦ As cited in Bacha, Bahous and Diab (2012) - Lakoff (1975) – Women used more indirect request than male
Brown and Levinson Politeness Strategies Bacha, Bahous and Diab (2012), they stated
that Mao (1994) criticized the theory Kitamura (2000) concluded that the Brown
and Levinson politeness theory can be a powerful tool to analyze politeness
Qualitative study
6-8 participants Convenience sampling
Conversation Analysis Students will be interviewed Audio recorded will be transcribed –
Jefferson Notation Theory
Ardila, J. A. G. 2008. Metapragmatic First- Order Politeness In Peninsula Spanish. University of Edinburgh: Britain
Bacha, N. N, Bahous, R. & Diab, R. L. 2012. Gender and Politeness in a Foreign Language Academic Context.
Bayles, R. 2009. An Investigation into politeness, small talk and gender. Vol 1: 2008-2009. The University of Nothingham.
Hobbs, P. 2003. The medium is the message: politeness strategies in men’s and women’s voice mail messages. University of California: Los Angeles
Kitamura, N. 2000. Adapting Brown and Levinson’s ‘politeness’ theory to the analysis of casual conversation. School of European, Asian & Middle Eastern Languages & Studies. University of Sydney: Australia
Svarova, J. 2008. Politeness Markers in Spoken Languge. Masaryk University Brno