“C’mon, I was just teasing” : a look into functions of teasing amongst young Singaporeans.
Teasing is a ubiquitous form of interaction amongst friends and family. Teasing can be complex and can be used as a form of playful provocation serving the functions of challenging the target, annoying or encouraging the target to take up the invitation to engage in humorous exchange. In al...
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| author | Ho, Priscilla Xin Ni. |
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| description | Teasing is a ubiquitous form of interaction amongst friends and family. Teasing can be
complex and can be used as a form of playful provocation serving the functions of
challenging the target, annoying or encouraging the target to take up the invitation to engage
in humorous exchange. In all, teasing can serve several functions.To my knowledge, there
has yet to be a study focusing specifically on the functions of teasing amongst young
Singaporeans. Singapore’s unique background presents an interesting case to look into.
This study aims to look at the various functions of teasing used by Singaporeans. The ten
participants involved in this study are all Chinese Singaporeans. Given that teasing occurs
more commonly between friends and intimates, these participants are natural groups of
friends. Participants’ conversations are recorded and subsequently transcribed. Instances of
teasing are then picked out for analysis. The functions as identified in my study are: Teasing
for fun and bonding, teasing for mitigating conflicts and tension, protection of face (others),
protection of face (self), teasing for controlling and corrective purposes and teasing as a form
of criticisms and disagreements. Amongst the functions mentioned, teasing for fun and
bonding is the most commonly used function amongst participants. Teasing to protect the
face of others is the least frequent function used by participants in my study. The findings of
the functions and frequency with relation to Singapore are conflicting. Perhaps, when it
comes to Singaporeans, culture has less of an influence affecting our functions of teasing. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/512482019-12-10T13:37:11Z “C’mon, I was just teasing” : a look into functions of teasing amongst young Singaporeans. Ho, Priscilla Xin Ni. School of Humanities and Social Sciences Stefanie Stadler DRNTU::Humanities Teasing is a ubiquitous form of interaction amongst friends and family. Teasing can be complex and can be used as a form of playful provocation serving the functions of challenging the target, annoying or encouraging the target to take up the invitation to engage in humorous exchange. In all, teasing can serve several functions.To my knowledge, there has yet to be a study focusing specifically on the functions of teasing amongst young Singaporeans. Singapore’s unique background presents an interesting case to look into. This study aims to look at the various functions of teasing used by Singaporeans. The ten participants involved in this study are all Chinese Singaporeans. Given that teasing occurs more commonly between friends and intimates, these participants are natural groups of friends. Participants’ conversations are recorded and subsequently transcribed. Instances of teasing are then picked out for analysis. The functions as identified in my study are: Teasing for fun and bonding, teasing for mitigating conflicts and tension, protection of face (others), protection of face (self), teasing for controlling and corrective purposes and teasing as a form of criticisms and disagreements. Amongst the functions mentioned, teasing for fun and bonding is the most commonly used function amongst participants. Teasing to protect the face of others is the least frequent function used by participants in my study. The findings of the functions and frequency with relation to Singapore are conflicting. Perhaps, when it comes to Singaporeans, culture has less of an influence affecting our functions of teasing. Bachelor of Arts 2013-03-15T03:32:03Z 2013-03-15T03:32:03Z 2012 2012 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/51248 en Nanyang Technological University 93 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Humanities Ho, Priscilla Xin Ni. “C’mon, I was just teasing” : a look into functions of teasing amongst young Singaporeans. |
| title | “C’mon, I was just teasing” : a look into functions of teasing amongst young Singaporeans. |
| title_full | “C’mon, I was just teasing” : a look into functions of teasing amongst young Singaporeans. |
| title_fullStr | “C’mon, I was just teasing” : a look into functions of teasing amongst young Singaporeans. |
| title_full_unstemmed | “C’mon, I was just teasing” : a look into functions of teasing amongst young Singaporeans. |
| title_short | “C’mon, I was just teasing” : a look into functions of teasing amongst young Singaporeans. |
| title_sort | c mon i was just teasing a look into functions of teasing amongst young singaporeans |
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