RESPONDING TO REQUESTS IN CAMEROON FRENCH

European Journal of Applied Linguistics Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-11 DOI:10.46827/ejals.v7i1.495

Bernard Mulo Farenkia

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Abstract

The focus of this paper is on request responses by Cameroon French speakers. Data were collected from 81 French-speaking Cameroonian university students. The analysis focused on the types of request responses (preferred, dis-preferred or open-ended) and the types and linguistic realizations of the speech acts (head acts and external modifiers) used to respond to requests. Request response strategies were also examined in terms of rapport management. The results showed that the participants mostly used compliance-responses. It was also found that positive responses to requests were mostly realised using combinations of agreements and/or promises to perform the requested act and external modifiers, while negative responses to requests were realized using combinations of refusals and/or reprimands and external modifiers. The few cases of open-ended responses to requests displayed combinations of aspects of compliance and elements non-compliance responses. The analysis also revealed social variation in the use of the three types of request responses. While the study expands the scope of research on the pragmatics of Cameroon French, it calls for further research on request responses. Article visualizations:

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用法语回应请求

本文的重点是喀麦隆法语使用者的请求回复。数据收集自 81 名讲法语的喀麦隆大学生。分析的重点是请求应答的类型（首选、非首选或开放式），以及应答请求时使用的言语行为（头部行为和外部修饰语）的类型和语言实现。还从融洽关系管理的角度研究了请求应答策略。结果表明，参与者大多使用服从型应答。同时还发现，对请求的积极回应大多是通过协议和/或承诺执行请求行为和外部修饰语的组合来实现的，而对请求的消极回应则是通过拒绝和/或训斥和外部修饰语的组合来实现的。少数几个对要求的开放式回答则显示了遵守方面和不遵守方面的组合。分析还揭示了在使用这三种要求答复方面的社会差异。这项研究扩大了喀麦隆法语语用学的研究范围，同时也要求对请求式回答进行进一步的研究。文章可视化：

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