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Seferoglu, Golge C. – 1995
This study analyzed the pronunciation of English interdental fricatives by two native speakers of Turkish, focusing on whether there was systematic variation of forms according to the kind of discourse and the surrounding phonemes. Subjects were two adult Turkish learners of English as a Second Language, both of whom had been in the United States…
Descriptors: Adults, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language)
Download full textDogancay-Aktuna, Seran; Kamisli, Sibel – 1996
This study investigated the discourse strategies used by native speakers of Turkish in carrying out speech acts of correction and disagreement to status-unequal interlocutors. Focus was on: (1) the politeness markers preferred for softening the impact of words in face-threatening speech situations where the interlocutor corrects the mistake of an…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Communication
Dogancay, Seran; Kamisli, Sibel – 1995
This study analyzed verbal responses of status unequals in situations where a linguistic mistake occurred. Subjects were 80 native Turkish-speaking university students (28 males, 52 females) who participated in role-playing exercises using such situations. Two aspects of the responses were investigated: the semantic and syntactic formulas that…
Descriptors: College Students, Contrastive Linguistics, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context
Kocoglu, Zeynep – 1997
A study investigated: (1) the communication strategies (CSs) used by Turkish learners of English as a Second Language (ESL) when interacting with native English speakers, and (2) the influence of gender on use of CSs when communication difficulties occur because of limited English proficiency. Subjects were ten native Turkish-speaking ESL learners…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages), Comparative Analysis, Cooperation
Dogancay-Aktuna, Seran; Kamisli, Sibel – 1996
Discourse strategies used by status-unequal interlocutors expressing disagreement are discussed. The paper focuses on the influence of role relationships on semantic formulas. A comparative study of discourse strategies used by native speakers of Turkish and North American English in the same speech event is also reported. Data were gathered from…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Conflict, Contrastive Linguistics, Cross Cultural Studies
Yemenici, Alev – 1996
A study investigated how repetition was used in the telling of personal narratives to create emotional involvement on the part of listeners, to evaluate stories, to prevent listeners from asking questions and from losing the story's focus, and to justify narrating that particular story in a cross-cultural setting. It was assumed that narrators…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Audience Response, College Faculty, College Graduates
Dogancay-Aktuna, Seran; Kamisli, Sibel – 1997
A study examined pragmatic variation across Turkish and American English in the speech act of chastisement, to determine occurrence of pragmatic transfer in the interlanguage of native Turkish speakers learning English as a Second Language (ESL). Data were collected from 80 native speakers of Turkish, 14 native speakers of American English, and 68…
Descriptors: College Graduates, College Students, Cross Cultural Studies, English (Second Language)
