The Metadiscursive Aspects of Advice Giving: Hedging and Boosting in an Agony Aunt's Column

Autor/in	Akinci Oktay, Suhan
Titel	The Metadiscursive Aspects of Advice Giving: Hedging and Boosting in an Agony Aunt's Column
Quelle	In: Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 16 (2020) 3, S.1611-1620 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Akinci Oktay, Suhan)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1305-578X
Schlagwörter	Language Usage; Speech Acts; Counseling; Computer Mediated Communication; Discourse Analysis; Language Patterns; Pragmatics; Form Classes (Languages); Newspapers; Empathy; Help Seeking; Turkish; Computational Linguistics; Foreign Countries; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachgebrauch; Sprechakt; Counselling; Beratung; Computerkonferenz; Diskursanalyse; Sprachmodell; Sprachstruktur; Pragmalinguistik; Analytischer Sprachbau; Newspaper; Zeitung; Empathie; Help-seeking behavior; Help-seeking behaviour; Hilfe suchendes Verhalten; Türkisch; Linguistics; Computerlinguistik; Ausland; Türkei
Abstract	It is a well-known fact that advice-giving practices may differ from culture to culture. While some societies such as British culture refrain from giving advice, others such as Turkish may prefer to give advice perceiving it as an indication of solidarity. Thus, precautions for preventing this nature of advice is taken by language itself in a systematic way through the employment of metadiscoursive elements. Thus, taking advice as a starting point for understanding metadiscursive aspects of language, this study will observe the tendencies in advice-giving in digital discourse through hedges and boosters. The data were analysed quantitatively and qualitatively, and patterns in the employment of hedges and boosters were uncovered. In addition, contexts in which the use of metapragmatic items were identified and contrasted to find out the functions of hedge and booster preferences in advice-giving. The findings of the study indicate the use of hedges and boosters in speech acts and their interpretation should be evaluated in terms of the use of that specific speech act and the tendencies cultures use in advice-giving is uncovered through this study. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies. Hacettepe Universitesi, Egitim Fakultesi B Blok, Yabanci Diller Egitimi Bolumu, Ingiliz Dili Egitimi Anabilim Dali, Ankara 06800, Turkey. e-mail: jllsturkey@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.jlls.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01