Requests In American And British English: A Contrastive Multi-method Analysis (pragmatics & Beyond New Series)
by Ilka Flöck /
2016 / English / PDF
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This volume encompasses a thorough examination of the use of
request strategies on two contrastive dimensions. On the
cross-cultural dimension, it compares the use of British and
American English request strategies in naturally occurring informal
conversations. The conversational data are retrieved from the
International Corpus of English (ICE) and the Santa Barbara Corpus
of Spoken American English. On the methodological dimension, it
systematically compares request strategies and their frequency
distributions in the conversational data to questionnaire-based
requests. Highlighting various instrument-induced effects, the
volume challenges the validity of one of the most widely used and
accepted data collection tools in pragmatics research, the
DCT.
This volume encompasses a thorough examination of the use of
request strategies on two contrastive dimensions. On the
cross-cultural dimension, it compares the use of British and
American English request strategies in naturally occurring informal
conversations. The conversational data are retrieved from the
International Corpus of English (ICE) and the Santa Barbara Corpus
of Spoken American English. On the methodological dimension, it
systematically compares request strategies and their frequency
distributions in the conversational data to questionnaire-based
requests. Highlighting various instrument-induced effects, the
volume challenges the validity of one of the most widely used and
accepted data collection tools in pragmatics research, the
DCT.
The extensive data analysis contained in the volume includes a wide
range of linguistic variables including mitigating and aggravating
modification strategies and their interaction with head act
directness levels. While it focuses on the first-pair part, the
book also offers an analysis of request responses from a
cross-cultural perspective.
The extensive data analysis contained in the volume includes a wide
range of linguistic variables including mitigating and aggravating
modification strategies and their interaction with head act
directness levels. While it focuses on the first-pair part, the
book also offers an analysis of request responses from a
cross-cultural perspective.
The findings of the study contribute new insights to research on
requests, politeness, variational pragmatics, and general research
methodology.
The findings of the study contribute new insights to research on
requests, politeness, variational pragmatics, and general research
methodology.
