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Background of Study◦ Some cultures stress on politeness when they

communicate with other people◦ Sometimes, words chose by students do not much

reflect their politeness◦ Impoliteness can lead to communication

breakdown

Statement of Problem◦ Bayles (2009), she stated that Brown and

Levinson (1987) stressed that politeness is important.

◦ Yule (2008) - awareness ◦ Unable to save face – leads to Face Threatening

Acts (FTAs) ◦ Impoliteness – affect teaching and learning

process (Bacha, Bahous and Diab, 2012)

Purpose of Study◦ To find out the existence of politeness during

inquisition process among students and lecturers◦ To find out the differences between strategies

used◦ To find out how Brown and Levinson’s theories

related to the strategies used by students

Research Questions◦ What are the politeness markers identified when

students ask their lecturers?◦ What are the differences between male and

female politeness strategies?◦ How are Brown and Levinson’s politeness

strategies related with students’ politeness during inquisition process?

Politeness Markers◦ All language possess politeness markers (Ardila,

2008)◦ Negative politeness – hedging – introduces

several different categories of politeness markers.◦ Politeness markers used by male were roughly

equal to female (Hobbs, 2003)

Gender◦ Bacha, Bahous and Diab (2012),focusing on

gender and politeness in foreign language academic context

◦ As cited in Bacha, Bahous and Diab (2012) - Lakoff (1975) – Women used more indirect request than male

Brown and Levinson Politeness Strategies Bacha, Bahous and Diab (2012), they stated

that Mao (1994) criticized the theory Kitamura (2000) concluded that the Brown

and Levinson politeness theory can be a powerful tool to analyze politeness

Qualitative study

6-8 participants Convenience sampling

Conversation Analysis Students will be interviewed Audio recorded will be transcribed –

Jefferson Notation Theory

Ardila, J. A. G. 2008. Metapragmatic First- Order Politeness In Peninsula Spanish. University of Edinburgh: Britain

Bacha, N. N, Bahous, R. & Diab, R. L. 2012. Gender and Politeness in a Foreign Language Academic Context.

Bayles, R. 2009. An Investigation into politeness, small talk and gender. Vol 1: 2008-2009. The University of Nothingham.

Hobbs, P. 2003. The medium is the message: politeness strategies in men’s and women’s voice mail messages. University of California: Los Angeles

Kitamura, N. 2000. Adapting Brown and Levinson’s ‘politeness’ theory to the analysis of casual conversation. School of European, Asian & Middle Eastern Languages & Studies. University of Sydney: Australia

Svarova, J. 2008. Politeness Markers in Spoken Languge. Masaryk University Brno