The speech act of request: A comparative study between Korean ESL speakers and Americans

Description

This is a comparative study of Korean students' request forms and aspects of their culture that has not been recognized in the field of speech. This offers an explanation for miscommunication between Korean speakers of English and native speakers of English. Lastly, this study provides empirical information about how Korean students use request forms and how Koreans' politeness strategies differ from Americans'.

Links & Downloads

1. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2272
2. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3274&context=etd-project

Tags

Intercultural communication

Speech acts (Linguistics)

Courtesy -- Social aspects

Korean language -- Social aspects

Additional Fields

Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:csusb.edu/oai:scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu:etd-project-3274
Date	01 January 2002
Creators	Koh, Soong-Hee
Publisher	CSUSB ScholarWorks
Source Sets	California State University San Bernardino
Detected Language	English
Type	text
Format	application/pdf
Source	Theses Digitization Project