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Pragmatic transfer in Turkish EFL learners’ compliments and compliment responses from L1 Turkish to L2 English

İngilizce’yi yabancı dil olarak öğrenen Türk öğrencilerin iltifat etme ve iltifatlara karşılık verme biçimlerinde Türkçe’den İngilizce’ye edimbilimsel aktarım

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1264–1281
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2022-10-19
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Theresults of the study implied that there was a sign of negative pragmatic transfer from L1 Turkish to L2 English inAccompanied by Explanations compliment strategy at the level of direct compliments and the results alsosuggested that Turkish EFL learners transferred the use of Deflect/ Evade compliment response strategy especiallyin the sub-category of Explanation from their L1 to their L2 English.© 2020 JLLS and the Authors - Published by JLLS.

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Objective & Hypothesis:The present study aimed to figure out whether Turkish EFL learners transfer their L1 Turkish pragmatic norms totheir L2 English compliments and compliment responses.
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Key Findings & Data:An open role play adapted from Tran’s study (2006) was used in English andTurkish to elicit the compliment and compliment response data in the given languages.
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Conclusion & Impact:Theresults of the study implied that there was a sign of negative pragmatic transfer from L1 Turkish to L2 English inAccompanied by Explanations compliment strategy at the level of direct compliments and the results alsosuggested that Turkish EFL learners transferred the use of Deflect/ Evade compliment response strategy especiallyin the sub-category of Explanation from their L1 to their L2 English.© 2020 JLLS and the Authors - Published by JLLS.
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The present study aimed to figure out whether Turkish EFL learners transfer their L1 Turkish pragmatic norms totheir L2 English compliments and compliment responses. Six senior ELT students took part in the study, carriedout at a state university in Turkey. An open role play adapted from Tran’s study (2006) was used in English andTurkish to elicit the compliment and compliment response data in the given languages. The data analysis wascarried out according to two different coding schemas. The compliment strategy framework, used to analyzecompliment strategies, consisted of two macro levels as direct compliments and indirect compliments and subcategories. The second framework that was used to analyze responses to compliments yielded three maincategories as Accept compliments, Reject compliments, Deflect/ Evade compliments and their sub-categories. Theresults of the study implied that there was a sign of negative pragmatic transfer from L1 Turkish to L2 English inAccompanied by Explanations compliment strategy at the level of direct compliments and the results alsosuggested that Turkish EFL learners transferred the use of Deflect/ Evade compliment response strategy especiallyin the sub-category of Explanation from their L1 to their L2 English.© 2020 JLLS and the Authors - Published by JLLS.

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Bu araştırma, İngilizce’yi yabancı dil olarak öğrenen Türk öğrencilerin iltifat etme ve iltifatlara karşılık verme biçimlerinde Türkçe’lerinden İngilizce’lerine edimbilimsel aktarım olup olmadığını incelemektedir. Türkiye’de bir devlet üniversitesinde yürütülen çalışmaya altı tane İngiliz Dili Eğitimi Bölümü öğrencisi katılmıştır. Tran(2006)’dan uyarlanan açık rol oyun tekniği, katılımcıların İngilizce ve Türkçe’de iltifat ve iltifata karşılık verme stratejilerini toplamak amacıyla kullanılmıştır. Veri analizi, iki farklı kodlama şemasına göre gerçekleştirilmiştir. Katılımcıların iltifat stratejileri doğrudan iltifatlar ve dolaylı iltifatlar olmak üzerek iki makro seviyeden oluşmaktadır. Katılımcıların kendilerine yapılan iltifatlara nasıl karşılık verdiklerini analiz etmek için kullanılan şemaya göre ise iltifatları kabul etme, iltifatları reddetme ve iltifatları farklı yöne saptırma gibi üç temel kategori oluşturulmuştur. Araştırmanın sonuçları, katılımcıların ana dili olan Türkçe’den yabancı dili olan İngilizce’ye edimbilimsel aktarım izlerine işaret etmektedir. Bu aktarımlar, iltifat için doğrudan iltifatların alt kategorisinde yer alan Açıklamalı İltifat ve iltifatlarına verilen karşılıklar için iltifatları farklı yöne saptırma kategorisinin bir alt kategorisi olan Açıklama kategorisinde gözlemlenmektedir.

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Dilek, T. K. (2022). Pragmatic transfer in Turkish EFL learners’ compliments and compliment responses from L1 Turkish to L2 English. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, Cilt: 16 - Sayı: 3, 1264–1281. https://ajindex.com/articles/563872

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