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Interlanguage Features of the Speech Act of Complaining
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August 1993

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Liora Weinbach

This is a collection of contributed, previously unpublished essays on topics in interlanguage pragmatics. ‘Pragmatics’ refers to speakers’ intended meaning, and ‘interlanguage’ is the term used to describe the linguistic knowledge of how non-native speakers (and listeners) use their deficient communicative competence in order to cope with a variety of communicative tasks. In this volume, sixteen distinguished linguists will focus on these central issues in interlanguage pragmatics: (1) non-native language users’ consciousness of their pragmatic knowledge (metapragmatic awareness), (2) their conversational behaviour in interaction with native speakers, particularly with regard to social appropriateness, topic effects, and responding acts, and (3) interlanguage realization of complaints, apologies, and thanks. The structure of conscious linguistic knowledge has become an important issue in second language acquisition research, but has received almost no attention in pragmatics. This volume will be the first comprehensive study of this important linguistic area.

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... However, it is also important to note the results of earlier research indicating in some collectivist cultures (e.g., the Emirati) team members may choose not to express their disappointment with an underperforming student, at least not verbally or directly to the student himself/herself [26]. This is because complaints are face-threatening acts [27] and members of collectivist cultures may refrain from complaining and expressing dissatisfaction explicitly with the belief that such confrontations prevent harmonious relationships [28]. Such teammates may desist even if it means overriding the task assigned [29]. ...

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Engineering students' thoughts on teamwork and approaches to solving a problem with an underperforming member
Interlanguage Features of the Speech Act of Complaining
  • Citing Chapter

  • August 1993

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Liora Weinbach

... However, Olshtain and Weinbach (1993) reach different conclusions, with intermediate and advanced learners showing a preference for milder complaints, while native speakers express themselves more harshly. Beginners tend to be less aggressive and more concerned with saving face, attempting to compensate for what they perceive as a lack of effectiveness by increasing the length and number of words. ...

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COMPLAINTS IN ITALIAN AS A SECOND LANGUAGE: A STUDY ON (SOCIO)PRAGMATIC STRATEGIES AND PROSODIC VARIATIONS
Interlanguage features of the speech act of complaining
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  • January 1993

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L. Weinbach

... Each group shows the same tendency toward frequently used strategies, with requests for repair (RR) and dissatisfaction (DS) dominating. These strategies were utilised by Banjarese both extremes of the scale and a noticeable curve in the middle, which were found in similar results of the most and least strategy that was employed from other cultures and languages (Chen et al., 2011;Olshtain & Weinbach, 1987). ...

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Cross-Cultural Pragmatic Study of Complaint Strategies in Banjarese and Javanese
10. Complaints
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  • January 1987

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Liora Weinbach