Gratitude for compliance: A developmental study on the speech act of thanking

Gkouma, Athanasia; Andria, Maria; Bella, Spyridoula

doi:10.1016/j.lingua.2022.103469

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“…Therefore, verbal gratitude is often studied in different communicative contexts by linguists (e.g. Eisenstein & Bodman, 1986;Gkouma et al, 2023;Hymes, 1971;Wong, 2010;and this paper) and psychological researchers (Armenta et al, 2017;Chen et al, 2023;Dwyer, 2015).…”

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Dynamics of English gratitude expression: a corpus-assisted analysis of UK government COVID-19 briefings

Wei,

Murphy

2024

Lang. cogn.

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With a focus on politicians’ and medical experts’ gratitude expressions in UK government COVID-19 briefings, this research describes how perspective and intensity were modulated in expressing gratitude to realise different pragmatic intentions. This corpus-assisted analysis finds that retrospective or prospective gratitude expression was adopted by the two British elite groups to build solidarity (encouraging) and/or make requests (directing) for protecting public health. Gratitude of varying intensities was expressed (e.g. by highlighting metaphorical dimensions such as WIDTH and DEPTH) to correspond to the importance of a benefit (judged by how much the given benefit matches the receiver’s needs and preferences) and/or to implicitly display the evaluation of the benefactor’s responsibility and efforts. We tentatively formulate a dynamic model of gratitude expression in public discourse and shed light on the metaphorical conceptualisation of English gratitude expression and the power of gratitude expression in boosting social cohesion and directing social actions in a discourse of crisis.

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Section: What Is Gratitude?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Dynamics of English gratitude expression: a corpus-assisted analysis of UK government COVID-19 briefings

Wei,

Murphy

2024

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The role of individual differences in second language pragmatics: A systematic review

Zhang,

Aubrey

2024

Int J App Linguistics

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The current systematic review aims to understand the role of individual differences (IDs) in second language (L2) pragmatics and offer recommendations for further research in this domain. To achieve this, 86 empirical studies in L2 pragmatics published in SSCI (Social Science Citation Index) journals from 2000 to 2023 were systematically selected and coded for IDs, pragmatic features and modalities investigated, methodological orientation, and research findings. The significance of this review paper is the inclusion of both qualitative and quantitative findings and the identification of research trends in the last two decades. This inclusive approach allowed us to reveal the extent to which ID factors were studied within the classic research paradigm (i.e., the influence of IDs in isolation) and the socio‐dynamic research paradigm (i.e., the combined influence of IDs and context over time). Findings revealed that the IDs identified (L2 proficiency, identity, intercultural competence, language mindsets, willingness to communicate, motivation, and cognitive factors) exerted considerable influence on L2 pragmatic competence. Accounting for research gaps, trends in methodology, and findings in the area, we provide specific recommendations for future research to bring the study of L2 pragmatics in line with the ‘affective turn’ in second language acquisition.

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Gratitude for compliance: A developmental study on the speech act of thanking

Cited by 2 publications

References 27 publications

Dynamics of English gratitude expression: a corpus-assisted analysis of UK government COVID-19 briefings

Dynamics of English gratitude expression: a corpus-assisted analysis of UK government COVID-19 briefings

The role of individual differences in second language pragmatics: A systematic review

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