The purpose of this study is to discuss the realization of politeness and impoliteness strategies in every talk-in-interaction. With this study, it is possible to explore the models of linguistic impoliteness or aggravation with the real life data fro...
The purpose of this study is to discuss the realization of politeness and impoliteness strategies in every talk-in-interaction. With this study, it is possible to explore the models of linguistic impoliteness or aggravation with the real life data from the movies. This study
clarifies the pragmatic research field on the aggravating forms of social behavior by looking at the particular types of verbal threats and their immediate responses.
In chapter 2, Brown & Levinson's hierarchy of politeness strategies suggest a socially-normative view (1978, 1987). Face Threatening Acts (FTAs) threaten either the speaker's or the hearer's face positively or negatively. It has demonstrated that the context affects the interpretation of FTAs.
In Chapter 3, the issues surrounding the viability of the 'bald on record' strategy and those surrounding the 'positive' and 'negative' face-oriented varieties of impoliteness were discussed. Impoliteness is a negative attitude towards behavior occurring in specific situational context. The model set out in Culpeper (1996) is analyzed to ascertain its usefulness in accounting for impoliteness in the given discourses. The three dynamic stages of impoliteness by Bousfield (2008) were discussed to ascertain the beginnings, the middles and the ends of conversations which come to the resolution of the conflict, either mitigating or aggravating.
In chapter 4, four models of impoliteness strategies were proposed to inspire to develop pragmatic competence to English as a Second Language Speakers: (i) Individual impoliteness which intentionally attacks the hearer's face by the speaker's individual personality. (ⅱ) Relational impoliteness is sanctioned impoliteness which is shown in institutional situations. (ⅲ) Social norm of impoliteness, which constantly changes through cultures and generations. People shift in and out of the particular cultures of FTAs. (ⅳ) Accidental impoliteness, which is experienced by the second language speakers who lack proficiency in the target language, is unwittingly done. Conversation analysis with real life data from movie transcripts were used to explore the pragmatic strategies of impoliteness.
In chapter 5, the threat responses are analyzed from a theoretical perspective to reveal their function and use in interaction. It is argued that a threat uttered in a conditional form ('If you do/don't do X') stresses the urgency to comply on the part of the addressee because s/he is confronted with two undesirable actions: compliance or non-compliance. Using data from the Discourse Completion Test, these forms of conflict behavior were empirically investigated from the addressee's point of view. The result showed a more powerful speaker achieves more compliance responses. The sample showed more sensitive to the power and age variables. Targets seemed to be less inclined to comply with a threat that is issued by a friend or by a person they are well-acquainted with.
This study examined pragmatic strategies employed by Koreans in responding to rudeness. Results in responding to threats showed that the group employed 15 negative pragmatic strategies. The sample more freely used negative pragmatic responses to express statements to the less powered groups. Deference is a polite and respectful attitude towards the hearers which lead to more inclined results in positive strategies. In situations countering in impoliteness, the act of countering leads to further impolite attacks, especially to the same and lower status groups.
This study suggests that the second language speakers should be aware of the types and relative significance of different pragmatic politeness and impoliteness strategies in the target language through educational and conversational materials.