Positive Politeness in Writing-Centre Consultations with an Emphasis on Praise

IF 0.5 3区文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS

Language Matters Pub Date : 2021-05-04 DOI:10.1080/10228195.2021.1942169

A. Rambiritch, A. Carstens

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Abstract

Abstract In a writing centre, learning takes place during conversations between the writing-centre tutor and the student. This interaction is an integral part of writing-centre research and is the focus of this largely qualitative study which employs a politeness lens. There is very little research that specifically addresses praise as a positive politeness strategy. This study attempts to fill this gap by analysing video-recorded consultations to determine how tutors in a writing centre utilise the positive politeness strategy of praise. Findings indicate that while tutors exploit a range of politeness strategies, praise is used more often than any other strategy and is utilised significantly more when commenting on higher-order concerns, which is in line with the writing-centre literature. The benefits of this study include insights into how such analyses can be used to better prepare and equip writing-centre tutors for the work they do.

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写作中的积极礼貌——以表扬为中心的协商

在写作中心，学习是在写作中心导师和学生之间的对话中进行的。这种互动是写作中心研究的一个组成部分，也是这项主要采用礼貌视角的定性研究的重点。很少有研究专门将赞美作为一种积极的礼貌策略。本研究试图通过分析咨询视频来填补这一空白，以确定写作中心的导师如何利用表扬的积极礼貌策略。研究结果表明，尽管导师们采用了一系列礼貌策略，但表扬比其他任何策略都更常用，而且在评论高阶问题时使用得更多，这与写作中心的文献一致。这项研究的好处包括如何利用这些分析来更好地准备和装备写作中心的导师。

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期刊介绍： The purpose of Language Matters is to provide a journal of international standing with a unique African flavour focusing on multilingualism in Africa. Although the journal contributes to the language debate on all African languages, sub-Saharan Africa and issues related to multilingualism in the southern African context are the journal’s specific domains. The journal seeks to promote the dissemination of ideas, points of view, teaching strategies and research on different aspects of African languages, providing a forum for discussion on the whole spectrum of language usage and debate in Africa. The journal endorses a multidisciplinary approach to the study of language and welcomes contributions not only from sociolinguists, psycholinguists and the like, but also from educationalists, language practitioners, computer analysts, engineers or scholars with a genuine interest in and contribution to the study of language. All contributions are critically reviewed by at least two referees. Although the general focus remains on multilingualism and related issues, one of the three issues of Language Matters published each year is a special thematic edition on Language Politics in Africa. These special issues embrace a wide spectrum of language matters of current relevance in Southern Africa.