Positive politeness strategy of the Japanese-Korean refusal discourse

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  • 日韓断り談話におけるポジティプ・ポライトネス・ストラテジー
  • 日韓断り談話におけるポジティブ・ポライトネス・ストラテジー
  • ニッカン コトワリ ダンワ ニ オケル ポジティブ ポライトネス ストラテジー

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The purpose of this research is to investigate how "positive politeness strategy" appears in Japanese and Korean refusal discourse. Based on data from a role-play investigation I analyze "positive politeness strategy" from the point of view of "quantity and quality", "differences between uchi, soto, yoso" , "gender differences". The following points are uncovered in the analyses: (1) Positive politeness strategy is more frequent in Korean than in Japanese (quantity); (2) Korean usage of positive politeness strategy is more geared to saving face of the listener than is Japanese (quality); (3) The positive politeness strategy of Japanese could be classified according to the discriminations of "uchi, soto, yoso" , while that of Korean could not; (4) The difference in rates of usage between men and women is more prominent in Japanese than in Korean (gender).

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