Refusal speech act realization in Sarawani Balochi dialect: A case study of female university students

• Authors: Abbas Ali Ahangar , Seddigheh Zeynali
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This study investigates the effect of power and gender of the addressees on the type and number of refusal strategies employed by Sarawani Baloch female university students (SBFUS) following Beebe, Takahashi, and Uliss-Weltz’s (1990) taxonomy. Employing refusal strategies mostly the same as those in the given classification by SBFUS confirms the universality of applying refusal strategies. However, SBFUS also employed some new strategies not predicted in this scheme, suggesting the effect of their religion and culture. The results also disclose that although power of the addressees significantly affects the type and number of refusal strategies employed by SBFUS, the effect of their gender on these variables is trifling. Negative willingness, ability and a combination of 2 strategies are the most frequent strategies regarding the type and number of refusal strategies.

Keywords

EN

refusal; power; gender; type; number; culture

• Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
• Journal: Lodz Papers in Pragmatics
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 9
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 245-274

Dates

published

2013-11

online

2013-11

Contributors

author

Abbas Ali Ahangar

• University of Sistan and Baluchestan
• University of Sistan and Baluchestan

author

Seddigheh Zeynali

Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/lpp-2013-0014