Cross-Cultural Comparison of Gratitude Expressions in Persian, Chinese and American English

Autor/inn/en	Pishghadam, Reza; Zarei, Sima
Titel	Cross-Cultural Comparison of Gratitude Expressions in Persian, Chinese and American English
Quelle	In: English Language Teaching, 5 (2012) 1, S.117-126 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1916-4742
Schlagwörter	Cross Cultural Studies; Chinese; Indo European Languages; North American English; Language Styles; Task Analysis; Cultural Differences; Educational Practices; College Students; English (Second Language); Questionnaires; Sociolinguistics; Recognition (Achievement); Student Attitudes; Foreign Countries; Iran + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; China; Chinesen; Indoeuropäisch; Amerikanisches Englisch; Sprachstil; Aufgabenanalyse; Kultureller Unterschied; Bildungspraxis; Collegestudent; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Fragebogen; Soziolinguistik; Soziale Anerkennung; Schülerverhalten; Ausland
Abstract	Granted the fact that different cultures have different speaking styles, knowledge of these styles can help people grasp the essence of social cultural knowledge to communicate with others more successfully. In this regard, the present paper aims at comparing the use of speech act of gratitude in Persian and Chinese EFL learners and English native speakers performances to identify the existing pattern among them. For this purpose, the participants were asked to complete a Discourse Completion Task (DCT) designed by Eisenstein and Bodman (1993). The results revealed that although thanking is regarded as the most favorite strategy among all three groups, there are significant differences in the ways Persian and Chinese learners of English, and also native speakers of English use the speech act of thanking. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01