Iranian EFL Learners’ Realization of Condolence Speech Act: An Interlanguage Pragmatics Study

dc.contributor.authorSharif, Maryamspa
dc.contributor.authorYarmohammadi, Lotfollahspa
dc.contributor.authorSadighi, Firoozspa
dc.contributor.authorYamini, Mortazaspa
dc.contributor.authorBagheri, Mohammad Sadeghspa
dc.date2018-02-16
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-19T21:23:50Z
dc.date.available2019-09-19T21:23:50Z
dc.descriptionThis study was an attempt to compare and contrast the realization patterns of condolence speech act in English and Persian and to examine Iranian EFL learners’ realization of this speech act in English. The study was further interested in investigating whether Iranian EFL learners’ realization of condolence speech act is associated with their level of L2 proficiency. To this end, a Discourse Completion Test (DCT) was administered to 82 undergraduate Iranian EFL students in English. The participants were divided into three levels of language proficiency (elementary level, intermediate level, and advanced level) based on their scores on the Oxford Quick Placement Test (OQPT). For baseline comparisons, the EFL learners also received the translated version of the same DCT in Persian, and the English DCT was administered to 20 native speakers (NSs) of American English. The data were analyzed based on Elwood’s (2004) coding scheme. The results revealed that English and Persian NSs and Iranian EFL learners had access to the same condolence strategies, yet they differed in the semantic formulas, content, or forms they adopted to formulize their condolence expressions. In addition, level of L2 proficiency was found to be associated with Iranian EFL learners’ realization of condolence speech act. en-US
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dc.identifierhttps://revistas.udistrital.edu.co/index.php/calj/article/view/11780
dc.identifier10.14483/22487085.11780
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11349/18213
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherUniversidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldasen-US
dc.relationhttps://revistas.udistrital.edu.co/index.php/calj/article/view/11780/13518
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dc.rightsCopyright (c) 2018 Maryam Sharif, Lotfollah Yarmohammadi, Firooz Sadighi, Mortaza Yamini, Mohammad Sadegh Bagherien-US
dc.rightshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0en-US
dc.sourceColombian appl. linguist. J.; Vol 20, No 1 (2018) January-June; 105-119es-ES
dc.sourceColombian Applied Linguistics Journal; Vol 20, No 1 (2018) January-June; 105-119en-US
dc.source2248-7085
dc.source0123-4641
dc.titleIranian EFL Learners’ Realization of Condolence Speech Act: An Interlanguage Pragmatics Studyen-US
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
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dc.typeArtículo revisado por pareses-ES
dc.typePeer-reviewes Articleen-US
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