Malay esl learners preffered strategies in compliment responses
This study focuses on the features of the speech act of compliment responses as produced by Malay ESL speakers and the cultural values that influence them. Using Herbert's (1986) taxonomy of compliment responses, the data was collected using a Written Discourse Completion Test (WDCT) which...
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Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris
2007
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| Online Access: | http://pustaka2.upsi.edu.my/eprints/558/ http://pustaka2.upsi.edu.my/eprints/558/1/Malay%20esl%20learners%20preffered%20strategies%20in%20compliment%20responses.pdf |
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| Summary: | This study focuses on the features of the speech act of compliment
responses as produced by Malay ESL speakers and the cultural
values that influence them. Using Herbert's (1986) taxonomy of
compliment responses, the data was collected using a Written
Discourse Completion Test (WDCT) which gave five situations in
various settings with interlocutors of both equal and unequal status.
It is revealed that Malay ESL speakers has the tendency to give
appreciation token, provide comment history, scale down and shift
the credit to someone else when accepting compliments. It reflects
the Malay values of humility and modesty when accepting
compliments. Discussions regarding differences between
Australian native speakers, which povided the baseline data, and
the Malay ESL speakers are also covered in this study along with
cross-linguistic similarities and differences between the present
study and previous studies on compliment responses. |
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