A study of Filipino complaints in English and Tagalog

In order to document Filipino use of complaints in both English and Tagalog, the study sought to analyze their occurrence and relationship between likelihood to complain with regard to gender, perceived level of language proficiency, and status. The study then proceeded with the identification of...

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Main Authors: Leon, Kristine D. de, Parina, Jose Cristina
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Language:English
Published: Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM 2016
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9718/
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description In order to document Filipino use of complaints in both English and Tagalog, the study sought to analyze their occurrence and relationship between likelihood to complain with regard to gender, perceived level of language proficiency, and status. The study then proceeded with the identification of the semantic formulae of the complaints, and the differences of formulae between females and males when complaining in English and Filipino. The qualitative method revealed that there is no relationship between likelihood to complain and gender and likelihood to complain and self-perceived language proficiency, and that the level of status— superior, equal and inferior does not affect the likelihood of the Filipinos to complain. In addition, this study showed that Filipinos complained in a different manner depending on the language that they used. Filipino males are assertive in complaining in English language while females choose indirect strategies. Both, however, use different semantic formulae in complaining in English and Filipino.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:97182016-12-14T06:50:38Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9718/ A study of Filipino complaints in English and Tagalog Leon, Kristine D. de Parina, Jose Cristina In order to document Filipino use of complaints in both English and Tagalog, the study sought to analyze their occurrence and relationship between likelihood to complain with regard to gender, perceived level of language proficiency, and status. The study then proceeded with the identification of the semantic formulae of the complaints, and the differences of formulae between females and males when complaining in English and Filipino. The qualitative method revealed that there is no relationship between likelihood to complain and gender and likelihood to complain and self-perceived language proficiency, and that the level of status— superior, equal and inferior does not affect the likelihood of the Filipinos to complain. In addition, this study showed that Filipinos complained in a different manner depending on the language that they used. Filipino males are assertive in complaining in English language while females choose indirect strategies. Both, however, use different semantic formulae in complaining in English and Filipino. Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9718/1/9676-33911-1-PB.pdf Leon, Kristine D. de and Parina, Jose Cristina (2016) A study of Filipino complaints in English and Tagalog. 3L; Language,Linguistics and Literature,The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies., 22 (1). pp. 191-206. ISSN 0128-5157 http://ejournal.ukm.my/3l
spellingShingle Leon, Kristine D. de
Parina, Jose Cristina
A study of Filipino complaints in English and Tagalog
title A study of Filipino complaints in English and Tagalog
title_full A study of Filipino complaints in English and Tagalog
title_fullStr A study of Filipino complaints in English and Tagalog
title_full_unstemmed A study of Filipino complaints in English and Tagalog
title_short A study of Filipino complaints in English and Tagalog
title_sort study of filipino complaints in english and tagalog
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