Qi Ying Wu
PhD Candidate, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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Pragmatic Variation: Compliment Responses of Malaysian Chinese Undergraduates in Two Academic Majors Qi Ying Wu
PAROLE: Journal of Linguistics and Education Volume 9 Number 2 October 2019
Publisher : Master Program in Linguistics, Diponegoro University

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AbstractThis study investigates compliment responses (CRs) produced by Malaysian Chinese undergraduates in Arts & Social Science and Science & Technology Studies. The purpose of this study is to determine the extent to which academic major influences compliment responses of participants from two major groups. The data of this study was collected from 30 Malaysian Chinese undergraduate students (15 in each major group) in one public university in Malaysia. The data was collected by role-play scenarios consisting of 4 situations (appearance, character, ability and possession) which were then accompanied by a questionnaire. The findings of the study show that there were no marked differences between the two academic major groups in the choices of their CRs strategies. Malaysian Chinese undergraduates’ CRs are greatly influenced by their English proficiency, politeness and Chinese culture. They tend to use Acceptance strategy at macro level. At micro level, both academic groups preferred Appreciation strategy which is under the macro strategy of Acceptance. On the contrary, Rejection was the least preferred CRs strategy.Â