Pragmatic Transfer in Thai EFL Refusals
Pragmatic Transfer in Thai EFL Refusals
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泰国 EFL 拒绝中的务实转会
DOI：
10.1177/0033688208096844
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发表时间：
2008
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3
通讯作者：
Anchalee Wannaruk
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作者：
Anchalee Wannaruk
在跨文化交流过程中，由于对适当性和礼貌的不同看法和解释，可能会出现沟通障碍。本研究调查了美式英语和泰语拒绝的异同，以及泰语英语学习者在拒绝时的语用迁移发生率。该研究的参与者包括以泰国和美国为母语的人和英语学习者。他们都是研究生。数据是通过话语完成测试（DCT）收集的，该测试是在访谈的基础上设计的，以考虑可能的拒绝情况。将 EFL 拒绝数据与以美式英语和泰语为母语的人获得的类似数据进行了比较。结果表明，总体而言，所有三个群体共享大部分拒绝策略，并且在拒绝策略的选择和内容中存在语用迁移。母语文化中对较高地位的人的认识和谦虚的特征会激发务实的迁移。语言能力也是语用迁移的一个重要因素。在拒绝时，英语水平较低的英语学习者会因为缺乏二语语用知识而从母语翻译到二语。
Communication breakdowns can occur during cross-cultural communication due to different perceptions and interpretations of appropriateness and politeness. This study investigates similarities and differences between refusals in American English and Thai and incidences of pragmatic transfer by Thai EFL learners when making refusals. The participants of the study include Thai and American native speakers and EFL learners. All of them are graduate students. The data were collected by means of a discourse completion test (DCT) which was designed on the basis of interviews carried out with a view to possible situations for refusals. EFL data for refusals were compared with similar data elicited from native speakers of American English and Thai. Results indicate that overall all three groups share most of the refusal strategies and that pragmatic transfer exists in the choice and content of refusal strategies. Awareness of a person of a higher status and the characteristics of being modest in L1 culture motivate pragmatic transfer. Language proficiency is also an important factor in pragmatic transfer. In making refusals, EFL learners with lower English proficiency translate from L1 to L2 because of their lack of L2 pragmatic knowledge.