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@article{2248366, author = {Sládková, Věra and Lahodová Vališová, Marie}, article_location = {Brno}, article_number = {2}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/DI2022-2-128}, keywords = {request strategies; politeness; head acts; internal modification; external modification; pragmatic competence}, language = {eng}, issn = {1802-9930}, journal = {Discourse and Interaction}, title = {Request strategies and modification devices as performed by Czech EFL learners: A focus on borrowing objects}, url = {https://journals.muni.cz/discourse-and-interaction/article/view/21339/28427}, volume = {15}, year = {2022} }
TY - JOUR ID - 2248366 AU - Sládková, Věra - Lahodová Vališová, Marie PY - 2022 TI - Request strategies and modification devices as performed by Czech EFL learners: A focus on borrowing objects JF - Discourse and Interaction VL - 15 IS - 2 SP - 128-150 EP - 128-150 PB - Masarykova univerzita SN - 18029930 KW - request strategies KW - politeness KW - head acts KW - internal modification KW - external modification KW - pragmatic competence UR - https://journals.muni.cz/discourse-and-interaction/article/view/21339/28427 N2 - This study presents an analysis of informal written requests from the national school-leaving exam and simulated spoken requests collected via Written Discourse Completion Task (WDCT) to describe pragmalinguistic features used by Czech EFL learners in requests for borrowing objects. In both types of data, the findings reveal strong preference for conventionally indirect strategies and external modification, but considerable underuse of softeners within head acts. The written requests show significant reiteration with a great deal of modification devices outside head acts and a higher proportion of face-threatening features, such as expectations and direct strategies realized by want statements and imperatives. The WDCT requests tend to employ more face-saving strategies but show less variability in request realization. Consequently, awareness raising activities, helping Czech EFL learners fully understand the face-threatening nature of requests, as well as explicit metapragmatic treatment, focusing on strategic use of requests constituents, are recommended. ER -
SLÁDKOVÁ, Věra and Marie LAHODOVÁ VALIŠOVÁ. Request strategies and modification devices as performed by Czech EFL learners: A focus on borrowing objects. \textit{Discourse and Interaction}. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2022, vol.~15, No~2, p.~128-150. ISSN~1802-9930. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/DI2022-2-128.
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