Structure and change of politeness factors awareness by native Chinese speakers learning Japanese : Focusing on difficulties reject a request

黄 郁蕾, 玉岡 賀津雄, ブラーエヴァ マリア　エドアルドヴナ, HUANG Yulei, TAMAOKA Katsuo, BULAEVA Maria Eduardovna

doi:10.18999/stul.28.51

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中国語母話者の日本学習によるポライトネスの構造と意識の変容 : 依頼に対する断り難さに着目して
中国語母語話者の日本語学習によるポライトネスの構造と意識の変容 : 依頼に対する断り難さに着目して
チュウゴクゴボゴワシャノニホンゴガクシュウニヨルポライトネスノコウゾウトイシキノヘンヨウ : イライニタイスルコトワリカタサニチャクモクシテ

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According to Brown and Levinson’s (1978, 1987) politeness theory, the weightiness of a face threatening act (Wx) is calculated as Wx = D(S,H) + P(H,S) + Rx. Within this framework, the present study intended to clarify not only the structure and change of politeness factors but also its awareness by Chinese university students using multiple conditions of rejecting a request in L1 Chinese and L2 Japanese. As a baseline for comparison, the study also investigated native Japanese speakers. Notably, four factors were assumed to influence the degree of difficulty rejecting a request: social distance (D), power relations (P), context of the request situation (Rsit), and language and cultural differences (Rl&c). A regression tree analysis revealed the strength of influence for multiple factors, indicating that strongest factor was social distance (D), followed by power relations (P), and then context of the situation (Rsit). Although the language and culture factor (Rl&c) significantly interacted with other factors, its effect was weaker and more varied as a result of the situational factor (Rsit).

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ことばの科学

ことばの科学 28 51-69, 2014-12-05

名古屋大学言語文化研究会

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