How Do Men and Women Refuse? A Study on Refusal Speech Acts
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Gender and speech behavior are considered to be two interrelated variables. Abarghoui (2012) suggests that gender is one of the social variables which influences the refusing behavior of people. This study is an attempt to investigate refusal speech acts of 20 male and 20 female enactors participated in TV dating programs such as "Esra Erol’da" and “Zuhal Topal’la” in regard to the way how they use refusing strategies. Based on Brown and Levinson’s (1987) Politeness Theory and face threatening acts, data is analyzed as direct and indirect speech acts and discussed from the perspective of gender difference. Brown and Levinson (1978-1987), Leech (1983), and Searle (1976) agree upon that the indirectness is a feature of politeness. This study shows that women use more euphemistic language while men are more direct in refusal behavior and concludes that gender influences the choices of expressions of refusals.
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Birincil Dil
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Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yazarlar
Ruhan Güçlü
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0000-0002-2748-8363
Türkiye
Yayımlanma Tarihi
20 Ekim 2019
Gönderilme Tarihi
23 Ağustos 2019
Kabul Tarihi
2 Ekim 2019
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2019 Cilt: 5 Sayı: 2