本科生英語拒絕語研究.pdf

1、華中科技大學(xué)碩士學(xué)位論文本科生英語拒絕語研究姓名：李瓊申請學(xué)位級別：碩士專業(yè)：外國語言學(xué)及應(yīng)用語言學(xué)指導(dǎo)教師：樊葳葳20050424華中科技大學(xué)碩士學(xué)位論文AbstractThisstudyinvestigatedEnglishproductionofrefusalsbythirtyAmericanEnglishspeakers(hereinafterNEs)withanaverageageof58andsixtythreeChines

2、enon—Englishmajors(hereinafterCEs)withanaverageageof20Datawerecollectedusingawrittendiscoumecompletiontest，elicitingrefusalsofrequests，invitations，offersandsuggestionsfrominterlocutorsofhighcrequal，andlowerstatusAnonverb

3、alretrospectivereportwasalsoadministratedtoelicittheirperceptionsofrefusalsThedatawerecategorizedaccordingtotherefusaltaxonomyofBeebeetal(1990)，andwereanalyzedintermsoffrequencyandcontentofsemanticformulasTheinfluenceofe

4、licitingspeechactsandsocialstatusoftheinterlocutorontheemploymentofformulaswasalsoexaminedTherefusalsofNEswereusedasbaselinetoevaluatethoseofCEsItisfoundthatCEs’refusalswereaconvergenceofnativeandtargetlanguagenormsCEsan

5、dNEsusedasimilarrangeofformulaswithsimilarfrequencyForexample，themostcommonlyusedformulabybothgroupswasstatementofreasonsandtherewasnosignificantdifferenceintheutteranceofdirectrefusalsandpositiveopinionsHoweverCEsprovid

6、edfeweralternativesandexpressedlessgratitudethanNEs，whichmightleadtomisunderstandingwhentheyinteractedwithnativeEnglishspeakersTheiroverlyelaboratedandlengthyrefusalsmightbeanotherpotentialforpragmaticfailuresSecondlythe

7、refusalsoftwogroupsvariedaccordingtoelicitingspeechactsInrefusalsofrequeststhetwogroups’refusalsweresimilarButinrefusalsofinvitations，offersandsuggestions，CEs’responseswereslightlydifferentfromNEs’responsesinthatCEsprodu

8、cedsignificantlylessgratitude，whilegratitudewasanessentialcomponentintherefusalsbyNEsThirdlybothCEsandNEstendedtotakeamoremitigatingandsensitiveapproachindealingwithhigherstatuspersonsthanotherstatustypesSincemostNEswere

9、retiredprofessionals，theywereabletosoftenrefusalswithtactanddiplomacysuggestingthedangerofgeneralizingthecommunicationstyleofalanguageorcultureregardlessofspeechactsituation，gender，age，andprofessionFourthlytheexamination