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The Background to Language Change in Hong Kong.

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Harrison, Godfrey; So, Lydia K. H. – Current Issues in Language and Society, 1996

Seeks to link the rapid pace of societal change in Hong Kong over the past 50 years with changing patterns of language use there. Shows how the country has changed demographically, economically, politically, socially, and technologically. (16 references) (Author/CK)

Descriptors: Cantonese, Change Agents, Context Effect, Diachronic Linguistics

Linguistics of Power and Politeness in Turkish: Revelations from Speech Acts.

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Dogancay-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

Discourse of Power and Politeness: Through the Act of Disagreement.

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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