Impoliteness and Threat Responses in an Iraqi-Kurdish EFL Context

Autor/in	Ali, Shurooq A.
Titel	Impoliteness and Threat Responses in an Iraqi-Kurdish EFL Context
Quelle	In: Arab World English Journal, 12 (2021) 2, S.31-48 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Ali, Shurooq A.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2229-9327
Schlagwörter	Pragmatics; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Foreign Countries; English (Second Language); Ethnic Groups; Task Analysis; Interpersonal Competence; Intercultural Communication; Models; Taxonomy; Student Attitudes; Preferences; Teaching Methods; Computer Software; Virtual Classrooms; COVID-19; Pandemics; Undergraduate Students; Power Structure; Vignettes; Compliance (Psychology); Iraq + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pragmalinguistik; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Ausland; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Ethnie; Aufgabenanalyse; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Analogiemodell; Taxonomie; Schülerverhalten; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Irak
Abstract	This study shows impoliteness as a form of face-threatening that can be intentionally caused by verbal threats in a particular setting. It investigates: what strategies and mitigators do IraqiKurdish English as a foreign language (EFL) learners use in situations of threat responses? The present investigation paper aims to examine impoliteness strategies and mitigators by these learners when they respond to threatening situations in their context. Thus, it fills a gap in pragmatics literature by investigating the reactions to threats in an Iraqi-Kurdish EFL context. To this end, 50 participants have participated in this study. An open-ended questionnaire in the form of a Discourse Completion Task (DCT) is used to elicit responses from the participants. Besides, a focus group interview is conducted to support the data analysis. The data are coded based on Limberg's (2009) model of impoliteness and threat responses to figure out the strategies used by the learners. Blum-Kulka, House, and Kasper's (1989) taxonomy of mitigators is adapted to analyze the mitigators. Overall, the findings reveal that the preferred responses surpass those which indicate dispreference by the learners. They tend to use face-saving acts when they comply with the threatener's demand and opt for face-threatening acts when they reject that demand indirectly. Moreover, these learners use mitigators to attenuate the illocutionary force of their responses. Finally, this study provides some recommendations and pedagogical implications. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01