Pragmatic Transfer in Japanese University Students’ Requests
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.211119.034How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Japanese learners’ request expression; pragma-linguistic; pragmatic transfer; socio-pragmatic
- Abstract
This research aims to investigate the pragmatic transfer of Japanese language learners’ request expressions and its comparison with expressions conveyed by Japanese native speakers. In this study, a qualitative descriptive method was used with the DCT instrument to collect data on the expression of requests for students and native speakers. The respondents were 33 university students of Japanese learners in Bandung and 10 native speakers. Interviews were also conducted on 5 Japanese learners and 3 native speakers. The comparison between the expressions of the learners and native speakers is seen based on the use of words or phrases that make the learners’ expressions can be categorized as pragmatic transfers. Pragmatic transfer in the learner’s expression is analyzed by using the pragmatic transfers’ theory adopted from Hitomi’s (2017) research. The results demonstrate that pragma-linguistics is seen in the learner’s error in using the combination of kureru/morau with Japanese sentence patterns, the errors were due to the differences between the giver and recipient of the request in Indonesian and Japanese. Meanwhile, socio-pragmatics can be seen in the similarities between Japanese and Indonesian cultures by using the word sorry in their expressions of request.
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- © 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Diana Rizki Oktarina AU - Nuria Haristiani PY - 2021 DA - 2021/11/21 TI - Pragmatic Transfer in Japanese University Students’ Requests BT - Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education (ICOLLITE 2021) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 217 EP - 222 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211119.034 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.211119.034 ID - Oktarina2021 ER -