Pragmatic awareness of Suggestions: From (Im)Polite Mannerism to Attitudinal Appropriateness

Subject Areas : Research in English Language Pedagogy

Hamid  Allami ¹ (English Department, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran)
Nasim  Boustani ² (English Department, Dr. Shariati Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran)

Received: 2017-07-06 Accepted : 2017-09-11 Published : 2017-09-11

Keywords: Pragmatic awareness of Suggestions: From (Im)Polite Mannerism to Attitudinal Appropriateness,

Abstract :

The present research seeks to determine: (a) Iranian EFL learners’ application of suggestion semantic formulae ;(b) their attitude of appropriateness in terms of confidence in the employment of appropriate supportive moves; (c), their (im)polite mannerism with respect to the selected strategies; and (d) the relationship between attitude of appropriateness and mannerism of (im)politeness. An Oxford Quick placement Test (OQPT) was administered among 60 Iranian EFL learners to check their language proficiency level and to satisfy the assumption of homogeneity among the learners. These participants along with 10 American native speakers then underwent a suggestion DCT. The questionnaire included questions addressing interlocutors’ with higher, lower or equal power status and intimate or strange social distance. The DCT also involved attitudinal appropriateness scale and (im)politeness mannerism likert scale to examine the learners’ degree of confidence and mannerism. Besides similarities and differences in the application of suggestion semantic formulae between the Iranian learners and American speakers, the results revealed variations in the two groups’ performances for appropriateness and (im)politeness. The results also indicated a positive relationship between the attitude and mannerism scales.

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