A Comparative Study on Speech Acts: Formal Complaints by Native Speakers and Turkish Learners of English

Autor/inn/en	Önalan, Okan; Çakir, Abdulvahit
Titel	A Comparative Study on Speech Acts: Formal Complaints by Native Speakers and Turkish Learners of English
Quelle	In: Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 4 (2018) 2, S.239-259 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Önalan, Okan) ORCID (Çakir, Abdulvahit)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2149-1135
Schlagwörter	Speech Acts; Pragmatics; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Foreign Countries; Role Playing; Video Technology; Native Speakers; Second Language Instruction; Student Behavior; Speech Communication; Comparative Analysis; Task Analysis; Oral Language; Age Differences; Item Analysis; Turkish; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprechakt; Pragmalinguistik; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Ausland; Rollenspiel; Muttersprachler; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Aufgabenanalyse; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Itemanalyse; Türkisch; Türkei
Abstract	The aim of this study is to investigate the pragmatic language behavior of Turkish learners of English in formal complaint situations through the comparison of their speech act performances to those of native speakers. The data was collected from a total of 276 participants, 132 Native Speakers (NSs) and 144 Turkish Learners (TLs) of English. Three different data collection methods were used: a) Discourse Evaluation Task (DET); b) video-recorded role plays; and c) open-ended oral interviews. The results indicate that native English speakers' and Turkish learners' production of complaints reflects a significant difference with respect to the linguistic components and the pragmatic choices made in complaining. A significant contribution of the current study to the literature is the Discourse Evaluation Task (DET), which is both a data collection tool and a term used for the first time in this paper. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics. Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Anafartalar Campus Faculty of Education Department of Foreign Language Education, Canakkale 07100, Turkey. e-mail: editor@ejal.info; Website: https://www.ejal.info/index.php/ejal
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01