The present study aims to analyze low-level strategies in the complaint speech act of Chinese office workers in Korea in comparison with native Korean office workers. By means of a discourse completion test (DCT) in six situations, Chinese and Korean office workers of 0~1year-long speakers and 1~3 years-long speakers were surveyed with respect to their changing use of low-level strategies. The results indicated that the two groups used 24 low level strategies altogether, but more strategies were used as employment period got longer. Moreover, Chinese speakers less than a year, generally preferred indirect strategies. However Chinese speakers more than a year, showed similar usage of Korean speakers, frequently using direct low-level strategies such as complaining behavior and employing silent strategy. This study has significant meaning in that it is the first to compare Chinese office workers in Korea with native Korean office workers according to employment period on the aspect of the change on the usage of low-level strategies on the speech act of complaint.
@article{ART001949301}, author={유양 and Yang, Myunghee}, title={A Study of the Complaint Speech Act by Chinese Office Workers in Korea: With Focus on Low-Level Strategies}, journal={Korean Semantics}, issn={1226-7198}, year={2014}, volume={46}, pages={279-302}
TY - JOUR AU - 유양 AU - Yang, Myunghee TI - A Study of the Complaint Speech Act by Chinese Office Workers in Korea: With Focus on Low-Level Strategies JO - Korean Semantics PY - 2014 VL - 46 IS - null PB - The Society Of Korean Semantics SP - 279 EP - 302 SN - 1226-7198 AB - The present study aims to analyze low-level strategies in the complaint speech act of Chinese office workers in Korea in comparison with native Korean office workers. By means of a discourse completion test (DCT) in six situations, Chinese and Korean office workers of 0~1year-long speakers and 1~3 years-long speakers were surveyed with respect to their changing use of low-level strategies. The results indicated that the two groups used 24 low level strategies altogether, but more strategies were used as employment period got longer. Moreover, Chinese speakers less than a year, generally preferred indirect strategies. However Chinese speakers more than a year, showed similar usage of Korean speakers, frequently using direct low-level strategies such as complaining behavior and employing silent strategy. This study has significant meaning in that it is the first to compare Chinese office workers in Korea with native Korean office workers according to employment period on the aspect of the change on the usage of low-level strategies on the speech act of complaint. KW - 불평 화행(speech act of complaint);대조 화용론(cross-cultural pragmatics);하위 전략(low-level strategies);담화 완성형 테스트(discourse completion test);중국인 한국어 학습자(Chinese learners of Korean);중국인 직장인(Chinese office workers in Korea);행동 불평(complaining behavior);침묵 전략(silent strategy);입사 기간(employment period) DO - UR - ER -
유양 and Yang, Myunghee. (2014). A Study of the Complaint Speech Act by Chinese Office Workers in Korea: With Focus on Low-Level Strategies. Korean Semantics, 46, 279-302.
유양 and Yang, Myunghee. 2014, "A Study of the Complaint Speech Act by Chinese Office Workers in Korea: With Focus on Low-Level Strategies", Korean Semantics, vol.46, pp.279-302.
유양, Yang, Myunghee "A Study of the Complaint Speech Act by Chinese Office Workers in Korea: With Focus on Low-Level Strategies" Korean Semantics 46 pp.279-302 (2014) : 279.
유양, Yang, Myunghee. A Study of the Complaint Speech Act by Chinese Office Workers in Korea: With Focus on Low-Level Strategies. 2014; 46 279-302.
유양 and Yang, Myunghee. "A Study of the Complaint Speech Act by Chinese Office Workers in Korea: With Focus on Low-Level Strategies" Korean Semantics 46(2014) : 279-302.
유양; Yang, Myunghee. A Study of the Complaint Speech Act by Chinese Office Workers in Korea: With Focus on Low-Level Strategies. Korean Semantics, 46, 279-302.
유양; Yang, Myunghee. A Study of the Complaint Speech Act by Chinese Office Workers in Korea: With Focus on Low-Level Strategies. Korean Semantics. 2014; 46 279-302.
유양, Yang, Myunghee. A Study of the Complaint Speech Act by Chinese Office Workers in Korea: With Focus on Low-Level Strategies. 2014; 46 279-302.
유양 and Yang, Myunghee. "A Study of the Complaint Speech Act by Chinese Office Workers in Korea: With Focus on Low-Level Strategies" Korean Semantics 46(2014) : 279-302.