A Study of Directive Speech Acts Used by Iranian Nursery School Children: The Impact of Context on Children’s Linguistic Choices

Arani, Shohreh Shahpouri

doi:10.7575/ijalel.v.1n.5p.163

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“…This study elaborates on the theories of Ervin-Tripp et al (1990) and Searle (1976) to reveal the controlling language used. In Arani (2012), following the Ervin-Trip declaration regarding control acts, Searle's definition has been altered to include actions other than request, order, and command. In the revised definition, acts of prohibition, invitation, offer, claim, statement of intent, permission, call and treat are added.…”

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The Language of Parenting: Revealing the Usage of Control Acts in the Pursuit of Happyness

Kurniawan

2023

LiNGUA J.

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In paternal parenting, compared to the mother, the father tends to use controlling language that provokes conversation, such as WH questions and requests for clarification. Controlling language (control acts) is an attempt to generate a change in the actions of others. Through a pragmatic approach, this qualitative study explores the strategy, pattern, and politeness of controlling language through a paternal parenting perspective. The present study used the theory of controlling language by Ervin-Tripp et al. (1990), direct or indirect speech acts by Searle (1971), and Brown and Levinson's theory of politeness (1987). The data in this study are the directive utterances in the film The Pursuit of Happyness. These data were collected through content analysis through listening and note-taking technique and analyzed using Spradley (2016). The study found 117 directive speech act data. From the data, order/command of control acts was the dominant act with 56 data. Besides, the most politeness strategy used was positive politeness. The study's finding suggests that all fathers pay more attention to parenting their children because they play a vital role in children's cognitive development. Moreover, in Indonesian society, patriarchy prevails, where fathers act as breadwinners and mothers nurture and educate children at home.

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The Language of Parenting: Revealing the Usage of Control Acts in the Pursuit of Happyness

Kurniawan

2023

LiNGUA J.

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“…Speech acts function to influence speech partners to behave in a certain way or vice versa [7]. The directive function is an illocutionary speech act function intended to encourage the interlocutor to do something to influence the actions taken by the speaker [8]. A directive speech act is a speech act intended by a speaker to act in accordance with speech.…”

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The Politeness of Teacher and Student Directive Speech Acts in Indonesian Learning

Jati,

Rahmawati,

Prayitno

et al. 2023

Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research

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In the communication process in Indonesian learning, there is often a form of politeness of directive speech acts between teachers and students. This study aims to provide a description of the form of compliance and deviation from the principle of language politeness in Indonesian learning at SMP Negeri 3 Polokarto. The method used in this study is a qualitative descriptive method with recording and recording for data collection methods. Determination of the form of compliance and the principle of politeness based on the theory of politeness and the principle of politeness with 5 maxims. From the research conducted, 6 data were obtained related to the compliance of maxims in the principle of politeness including the maxim of wisdom, the maxim of generosity, the maxim of appreciation, the maxim of agreement, and the maxim of sympathy. There were also 5 data that showed deviations in the maxims contained in the principle of politeness, namely deviations in the maxim of wisdom, deviations in the maxim of generosity, deviations in the maxim of sympathy, and deviations in the maxim of. The more compliance used in the communication process and the maxim of politeness in a utterance, the more polite the form of the utterance.

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A Speech Act Analysis of Teacher Talk in an Efl Classroom

Basra

Thoyyibah

2017

IJE

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The inappropriate use of speech act in EFL classroom may lead to misunderstanding due to the distinct cultures between the origin of language and the users. The purposes of the research are to find out speech act classification mostly used by an EFL teacher while teaching, the reason of why certain classification was preferred and the implication of the selected speech act classification toward the teaching and learning process. This research is a case study research involving an English teacher teaching an EFL class. The study uses Searle's taxonomy of speech act classification as the instrument. The findings of the research show the frequency of each classification found as the following: 70% for directives, 21% for representative, 6% for expressive and 3% for commissive. Directive speech acts are used mostly by the teacher because the teacher adopts the principle of Communicative Language Teaching. The use of directive speech act apparently make implication towards the improvement of the students' productive skills. The study concludes that the choice of speech acts classification determine the teaching approach and vice versa. It is recommended for English teachers wishing to help students to achieve communicative competence to use more directive speech acts.

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A Study of Directive Speech Acts Used by Iranian Nursery School Children: The Impact of Context on Children’s Linguistic Choices

Cited by 8 publications

References 24 publications

The Language of Parenting: Revealing the Usage of Control Acts in the Pursuit of Happyness

The Language of Parenting: Revealing the Usage of Control Acts in the Pursuit of Happyness

The Politeness of Teacher and Student Directive Speech Acts in Indonesian Learning

A Speech Act Analysis of Teacher Talk in an Efl Classroom

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