English Literature Students’ Pragmatic Knowledge: Analysis of Strategy and Politeness of Refusal

This study investigates and describes English literature students’ pragmatic knowledge in uttering English refusal statements in different situations (request, invitation, suggestion, offering). The purpose of this study is to analyze and describe students’ refusal strategy and politeness strategy...

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Main Authors: Rahma Nuzulia, Pradipta Agustina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: STAIN Sultan Abdurrahman Kepulauan Riau 2022-07-01
Series:SALEE
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Online Access:https://ejournal.stainkepri.ac.id/index.php/salee/article/view/486
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description This study investigates and describes English literature students’ pragmatic knowledge in uttering English refusal statements in different situations (request, invitation, suggestion, offering). The purpose of this study is to analyze and describe students’ refusal strategy and politeness strategy while uttering English refusal. The participants in this study consisted of twenty-five undergraduate students, 7 males and 18 females, enrolled in the second and sixth semesters of the English literature department of Diponegoro University. The only instrument used by researchers in this study was a questionnaire based on Beebe et al.’s (1990) work. The result showed that the students use direct and indirect refusal strategies to refuse something. Most students prefer a direct refusal strategy to the interlocutors who are their peers (friends) or subordinates. However, some students (higher semester) prefer indirect strategies with their peers in some situations. It means that the students respect their interlocutor even though they are in a higher position. Moreover, in the politeness strategy, they use two types of strategies which are deference and solidarity politeness strategy. However, the students (higher semester) prefer to use the deference politeness strategy.
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spelling doaj.art-8e139edd07c44258861b73ed482a9ca32023-08-04T12:15:40ZengSTAIN Sultan Abdurrahman Kepulauan RiauSALEE2715-97952716-16172022-07-013210.35961/salee.v3i2.486English Literature Students’ Pragmatic Knowledge: Analysis of Strategy and Politeness of RefusalRahma Nuzulia0Pradipta Agustina1Universitas Maritim Raja Ali HajiUniversitas Maritim Raja Ali Haji This study investigates and describes English literature students’ pragmatic knowledge in uttering English refusal statements in different situations (request, invitation, suggestion, offering). The purpose of this study is to analyze and describe students’ refusal strategy and politeness strategy while uttering English refusal. The participants in this study consisted of twenty-five undergraduate students, 7 males and 18 females, enrolled in the second and sixth semesters of the English literature department of Diponegoro University. The only instrument used by researchers in this study was a questionnaire based on Beebe et al.’s (1990) work. The result showed that the students use direct and indirect refusal strategies to refuse something. Most students prefer a direct refusal strategy to the interlocutors who are their peers (friends) or subordinates. However, some students (higher semester) prefer indirect strategies with their peers in some situations. It means that the students respect their interlocutor even though they are in a higher position. Moreover, in the politeness strategy, they use two types of strategies which are deference and solidarity politeness strategy. However, the students (higher semester) prefer to use the deference politeness strategy. https://ejournal.stainkepri.ac.id/index.php/salee/article/view/486PragmaticRefusalPoliteness
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Pradipta Agustina
English Literature Students’ Pragmatic Knowledge: Analysis of Strategy and Politeness of Refusal
SALEE
Pragmatic
Refusal
Politeness
title English Literature Students’ Pragmatic Knowledge: Analysis of Strategy and Politeness of Refusal
title_full English Literature Students’ Pragmatic Knowledge: Analysis of Strategy and Politeness of Refusal
title_fullStr English Literature Students’ Pragmatic Knowledge: Analysis of Strategy and Politeness of Refusal
title_full_unstemmed English Literature Students’ Pragmatic Knowledge: Analysis of Strategy and Politeness of Refusal
title_short English Literature Students’ Pragmatic Knowledge: Analysis of Strategy and Politeness of Refusal
title_sort english literature students pragmatic knowledge analysis of strategy and politeness of refusal
topic Pragmatic
Refusal
Politeness
url https://ejournal.stainkepri.ac.id/index.php/salee/article/view/486
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