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2022
Variation in formality in request in English used by Czech university students
LAHODOVÁ VALIŠOVÁ, MarieBasic information
Original name
Variation in formality in request in English used by Czech university students
Authors
Edition
Hradec Králové Anglophone Conference 2022, 24 - 25 March 2022, 2022
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Prezentace na konferencích
Field of Study
50301 Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]
Country of publisher
Czech Republic
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
Organization unit
Faculty of Education
Keywords (in Czech)
pragmatická kompetence; řečový akt žádosti; vnitřní a vnější modifikační nástroje
Keywords in English
pragmatic competence; speech act of request; internal and external request modifications
Změněno: 13/5/2022 20:14, Mgr. Marie Lahodová Vališová, Ph.D.
Abstract
V originále
This paper presents the findings of a study of the interlanguage pragmatic competence of Czech university students in making requests in English (L2). The aim of the study was to explore whether and to what extent the linguistic indicators of formality used in external and internal modifications of requests varies in different contexts of use. Data were elicited using an open-ended written discourse completion task (WDCT), all scenarios were designed with regard to the following variables: social distance and social status/power. The quantitative analysis showed that Czech learners tend to use grounders as external request modifications – when providing explanations, reasons or justifications for their requests, whereas the lexical downgrader please was employed most often as the internal request modification. The findings indicate that Czech learners of English as L2 are not aware of the need to adapt request modifications to the formality of the situation as they tend to employ a limited range of internal and external modifications irrespective of the formality or informality of the situation.
Links
| MUNI/A/1305/2021, interní kód MU |
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