Request strategies in Burmese

This study investigates request strategies in the Burmese language. The main data come from a questionnaire and are supplemented by observations. Burmese requests were analyzed based on the model of Blum-Kulka, House and Kasper (1989). The results show that there are three main request strateg...

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Main Author: Rattanapitak, Ampika
Other Authors: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia, Mahidol University
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Published: 2024
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1776312024-05-29T06:30:02Z Request strategies in Burmese Rattanapitak, Ampika Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia, Mahidol University Arts and Humanities Requests strategy Burmese This study investigates request strategies in the Burmese language. The main data come from a questionnaire and are supplemented by observations. Burmese requests were analyzed based on the model of Blum-Kulka, House and Kasper (1989). The results show that there are three main request strategies in Burmese: direct, conventional indirect, and non-conventional indirect. In terms of the preference strategy, both direct and conventional indirect requests are preferred in Burmese. This does not support the universal request phenomena proposed by Blum-Kulka et al. Although direct requests may be considered impolite in other languages, this is not necessarily the case in Burmese, because Burmese people modify their request by using internal modifications. Published version 2024-05-29T06:30:02Z 2024-05-29T06:30:02Z 2013 Journal Article Rattanapitak, A. (2013). Request strategies in Burmese. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, 36(1), 73-90. https://dx.doi.org/10.32655/LTBA.36.1.04 0731-3500 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/177631 10.32655/LTBA.36.1.04 1 36 73 90 en Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area © 2013 The Editor(s). All rights reserved. application/pdf
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Rattanapitak, Ampika
Request strategies in Burmese
description This study investigates request strategies in the Burmese language. The main data come from a questionnaire and are supplemented by observations. Burmese requests were analyzed based on the model of Blum-Kulka, House and Kasper (1989). The results show that there are three main request strategies in Burmese: direct, conventional indirect, and non-conventional indirect. In terms of the preference strategy, both direct and conventional indirect requests are preferred in Burmese. This does not support the universal request phenomena proposed by Blum-Kulka et al. Although direct requests may be considered impolite in other languages, this is not necessarily the case in Burmese, because Burmese people modify their request by using internal modifications.
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