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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Politeness strategies and gender differences in the speech act of rejection among the Malays in Malaysia
  name:
    name part: Nur Asyrani binti Che Ismail
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author
  name:
    name part: International Islamic University Malaysia
    name part: Department of English Language and Literature
  genre: Theses, IIUM local
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: my
    date issued: 2017
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    extent: xiv, 82 leaves : illustrations ; 30cm.
  abstract: Men and women utilise language to serve various purposes. Making rejection falls as one of the functions through which gender differences in the language may be identified. Research seems to suggest that men and women construct and incorporate politeness differently while performing speech acts of rejection. Therefore, this study aims to identify the positive and the negative politeness strategies that both genders use in making a rejection and also to compare, to what extent politeness strategies of males differ from those of females in making rejection. This study employs the framework of Brown and Levinson's Model of Politeness (1987) where it is realised through a set of questionnaire involving nine different situations and is formulated based on an oral Discourse Completion Task (DCT). The oral DCT is tested on 50 male and 50 female students of International Islamic University Malaysia. As a whole, males use more positive and negative politeness strategies than females when making rejections. While in a broader context, both genders are generally explanative and apologetic when making rejections. Therefore, this study is able to suggest better ways for society members on how to make appropriate rejections to each other in the future. This would ensure a more positive communication between both genders.
  note: by Nur Asyrani binti Che Ismail
  note: Thesis (MHSAL)--International Islamic University Malaysia, 2017.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (leaves 72-74).
  subject:
    geographic code: a-my---
  classification: P299.H66
  identifier: https://lib.iium.edu.my/mom/services/mom/document/getFile/Ycu0XJ77HOMhCeZUSUCJMYHwAoPL8ocw20180515104458437
  record info:
    record content source: UIAM
    record creation date: 180514
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng