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Apologies and Gender in Turkish and British English

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55–79
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The research also shows that the members of different CoP have different rules of interaction which can be uncovered only through detailed analysis of the particular communities in specific contexts and that the way men and women in the same CoP use and interpret language may change from one context to another and from one culture to another.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Drawing on Communities of Practice (CoP) (Wenger 1998) and some aspects of Brown and Levinson's Politeness Theory (1987), this study examines both qualitatively and quantitatively apology data collected through Discourse Completion Tests (DCTs) from 414 (195 Female and 219 Male) Turkish and British university students.
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Key Findings & Data:The findings of the study support the claim that the relationships between gender and language use are multidimensional and dynamic and that there are not 'uniform' male and female ways of speaking.
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Conclusion & Impact:The research also shows that the members of different CoP have different rules of interaction which can be uncovered only through detailed analysis of the particular communities in specific contexts and that the way men and women in the same CoP use and interpret language may change from one context to another and from one culture to another.
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Abstract

Drawing on Communities of Practice (CoP) (Wenger 1998) and some aspects of Brown and Levinson's Politeness Theory (1987), this study examines both qualitatively and quantitatively apology data collected through Discourse Completion Tests (DCTs) from 414 (195 Female and 219 Male) Turkish and British university students. The findings of the study support the claim that the relationships between gender and language use are multidimensional and dynamic and that there are not 'uniform' male and female ways of speaking. The research also shows that the members of different CoP have different rules of interaction which can be uncovered only through detailed analysis of the particular communities in specific contexts and that the way men and women in the same CoP use and interpret language may change from one context to another and from one culture to another.

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Bu çalışmada ana dili Türkçe ve İngiliz İngilizcesi olan 414 (195 Kadın, 219 Erkek) katılımcıdan Metin Tamamlama Testleriyle elde edilen özür dileme verileri Wenger'ın (1998) Uğraş Toplulukları, ve Brown ve Lavinson'ın (1987) Nezaket Kuramları kullanılarak nicel ve nitel incelemesi yapılmaktadır. Çalışmada elde edilen sonuçlar cinsiyet ve dil kullanımı arasındaki bağlantının çok buyutlu ve dinamik olduğunu, ve sabit olan/'hiç değşmeyen' kadın ve erkek konuşma tarzlarının olmadiğı iddialarını desteklemektedir. Çalışma ayrıca farklı uğtraş gruplarında farklı iletişim kurallarının geçerli olduğunu ve bu özel kuralların sadece o özel uğraş grubunun farklı ortamlarda ayrıntılı incelenmesi sonucunda ortaya çıkarılabileceğini göstermektedir. Bunların yanında araştırma, farklı kültürlede yaşayan veya kendini farklı ortamlarda bulan benzer uğraş grubunun üyeleri olan kadın ve erkeklerin dil kullanımlarının ve dil yorumlamalarının değişebileceğini ortaya çıkarmaktadır.

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HATİPOĞLU, Ç. (2012). Apologies and Gender in Turkish and British English. Dilbilim Araştırmaları Dergisi, Sayı: 1, 55–79. https://ajindex.com/articles/157107

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