Year: 2012
Type: dissertation
Abstract: This empirical study aims at examining the bilingual pragmatic competence of Turkish-German bilinguals with a focus on the speech act of apologizing. The main research questions that prompted this study are; “What apologizing strategies do Turkish-German bilinguals use?”, “What kind of strategies do Turkish-German bilinguals implement on a pragmalinguistic and sociopragmatic level?” and “Do they make bi-directional pragmatic transfer?” The findings show that Turkish-German bilinguals apply regarding both politenes and facework issues unique strategies on pragmalinguistic and sociopragmatic level. Discovering characteristics of bilinguals’ language usage - namely the pragmatic competence - is of great importance for SLA and SLT research. Therefore it is expected that the key findings of the study will also serve in the development of innovative and qualitative language programs.
Authors: Cahit Kaya, Erster Gutachter, Emel Huber, Zweiter Gutachter
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2559044564