Alerters and greetings in small talk among Malay students
In this study, small talk refers to phatic communication and social talk, which contrasted with core business and work-related talk. Small talk often serves as a “lubricant” that makes subsequent communication go smoothly. This study is a part of a bigger study that examines how small talks are cond...
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International Journal of Early Childhood Special Education
2022
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| author | Ahmad, Normah Mamat, Roslina Ahmad, Amirah Zubbir, Nadiah |
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| description | In this study, small talk refers to phatic communication and social talk, which contrasted with core business and work-related talk. Small talk often serves as a “lubricant” that makes subsequent communication go smoothly. This study is a part of a bigger study that examines how small talks are conducted among public university students in Malaysia. This particular study only focuses on alerters and greetings used in small talk. Free Discourse Completion Task (FDCT) approach was used to collect data in this investigation. A total of 54 Malay
respondents participated in answering the FDCT. The results indicate that the participants used alerters in all 8 situations. However, Title/Role is used more frequently in situations where the speaker has a lower status than the hearer. In situations where the status is equal, Attention Getters are frequently used. Formal greetings are found in all situations and are used more frequently compared to informal greetings. This study also shows that
Malay speakers place a higher value on power status than familiarity when greeting others. |
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| spelling | upm-1001632024-07-18T07:33:01Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/100163/ Alerters and greetings in small talk among Malay students Ahmad, Normah Mamat, Roslina Ahmad, Amirah Zubbir, Nadiah In this study, small talk refers to phatic communication and social talk, which contrasted with core business and work-related talk. Small talk often serves as a “lubricant” that makes subsequent communication go smoothly. This study is a part of a bigger study that examines how small talks are conducted among public university students in Malaysia. This particular study only focuses on alerters and greetings used in small talk. Free Discourse Completion Task (FDCT) approach was used to collect data in this investigation. A total of 54 Malay respondents participated in answering the FDCT. The results indicate that the participants used alerters in all 8 situations. However, Title/Role is used more frequently in situations where the speaker has a lower status than the hearer. In situations where the status is equal, Attention Getters are frequently used. Formal greetings are found in all situations and are used more frequently compared to informal greetings. This study also shows that Malay speakers place a higher value on power status than familiarity when greeting others. International Journal of Early Childhood Special Education 2022 Article PeerReviewed Ahmad, Normah and Mamat, Roslina and Ahmad, Amirah and Zubbir, Nadiah (2022) Alerters and greetings in small talk among Malay students. International Journal of Early Childhood Special Education, 14 (2). pp. 4637-4646. ISSN 1308-5581 http://103.247.176.188/FullText.aspx?id=1038811610 10.9756/INT-JECSE/V14I2.513 |
| spellingShingle | Ahmad, Normah Mamat, Roslina Ahmad, Amirah Zubbir, Nadiah Alerters and greetings in small talk among Malay students |
| title | Alerters and greetings in small talk among Malay students |
| title_full | Alerters and greetings in small talk among Malay students |
| title_fullStr | Alerters and greetings in small talk among Malay students |
| title_full_unstemmed | Alerters and greetings in small talk among Malay students |
| title_short | Alerters and greetings in small talk among Malay students |
| title_sort | alerters and greetings in small talk among malay students |
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