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Requests politeness strategies in Algerian learners of English academic emails
Author
Source
Issue
Vol. ب, Issue 45 (30 Jun. 2016), pp.5-29, 25 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2016-06-30
Country of Publication
Algeria
No. of Pages
25
Main Subjects
Educational Sciences
Languages & Comparative Literature
Sociology and Anthropology and Social Work
Topics
- Universities
- Students
- Culture
- Algeria
- Electronic mail
- Linguistics
- English language
- Pragmatics
- Performance
- Courtesy
Abstract EN
How politeness is perceived in different languages and cultures is still a matter of controversy among linguists.
There seems to be little agreement on what is polite/impolite in different languages and cultures.
The situation is even more aggravated when it comes to foreign language learners.
Because of their reliance on their native language/culture sociopragmatic and pragmalinguistic knowledge, many of them transfer their first language rules of politeness into the foreign language.
This article is an attempt to examine the Algerian advanced learners of English notions of (in) directness strategies and politeness in the speech act of requests and to demonstrate that many of them fuse their native politeness conventions with those of English.
This is mainly attempted through the analysis of their academic emails to their suervisors.
The results showed that there is a correlation between complexity/simplicity of request strategies and the learners’ level of language proficiency and that the learners’ perception of politeness is influenced by their culture.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Atamnah, al-Khiar. 2016. Requests politeness strategies in Algerian learners of English academic emails. Revue Sciences Humaines،Vol. ب, no. 45, pp.5-29.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-795155
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Atamnah, al-Khiar. Requests politeness strategies in Algerian learners of English academic emails. Revue Sciences Humaines Vol. B, no. 45 (Jun. 2016), pp.5-29.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-795155
American Medical Association (AMA)
Atamnah, al-Khiar. Requests politeness strategies in Algerian learners of English academic emails. Revue Sciences Humaines. 2016. Vol. ب, no. 45, pp.5-29.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-795155
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 26-29
Record ID
BIM-795155