This study investigates behaviour in seeking and giving advice in
Australian English and Indonesian. It seeks to determine the crosscultural
similarities and differences in seeking and giving advice in both
languages in the areas of
(i) the use of language routines and strategies
(ii) the influences of cultural and social aspects.
Data were collected from two preliminary questionnaires and a Discourse
Completion Test (DCT). The DCT was completed by Australian and
Indonesian native speakers in their first language. Analysis focussed on
both qualitative and quantitative aspects. Findings reveal that speakers of
both languages use similar strategies in terms of politeness, directness or
indirectness and Speaker-or-Hearer Oriented utterances. The realization
of the language routines of advice seeking and giving in both languages
is, however, different. The influence of socio-cultural features is noticeable
in both languages in terms of formality, relationship of interlocutors, age
and gender. The results are not always consistent with the hypotheses
posed in the study.
Chapter 1 provides an introduction to the Study and Chapter 2 presents the
theoretical background and discusses the concept of advice.
In Chapter 3 the methodology of the Study is described and the hypotheses
are stated.
Chapter 4 presents the results of the analysis of data and Chapter 5 sets out
conclusions and recommendations.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/218770 |
| Date | January 1992 |
| Creators | Andriana, D. M., n/a |
| Publisher | University of Canberra. Education |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | ), Copyright D. M. Andriana |
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