Indirectness in English requests among Malay university students

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Mohd Khalib, Farahnaz and Tayeh, Asma (2014) Indirectness in English requests among Malay university students. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 134. pp. 44-52. ISSN 1877-0428

Abstract

Communication serves as the main medium to connect human beings so that they can live in harmony. There are numerous ways to communicate effectively, and one of them is by making polite requests. Adopting the Discourse Completion Test (DCT), 40 questionnaires were distributed to 40 respondents from two higher learning institutions located in Selangor. The results showed that conventionally indirect strategies were preferred by students when making requests to their lecturers, and even to their friends. Therefore, the findings indicate that the Malay culture conforms to Brown and Levinson's theory on face which highlights that in order to keep either positive or negative face on FTA (Face Threatening Acts), politeness or indirectness strategies are employed.

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Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	Universiti Putra Malaysia
DOI Number:	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.04.223
Publisher:	Elsevier
Keywords:	Pragmatics; Request; Indirect strategies; Social distance
Depositing User:	Nabilah Mustapa
Date Deposited:	14 Sep 2016 02:08
Last Modified:	14 Sep 2016 02:08
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URI:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48143
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