The objective of this research was to gain a deeper understanding of the relationship between prosodic cues and the socio-pragmatic strategies employed by native and nonnative speakers of Italian when engaged in the act of complaint. The study was conducted with three groups: two experimental and one control. The data were collected using four scenarios which were designed to evoke a complaint which included a range of social distance and power relations parameters. The results of the socio-pragmatic and prosodic analysis corroborate the hypothesis that learners tend to be “weak complainers”.
COMPLAINTS IN ITALIAN AS A SECOND LANGUAGE: A STUDY ON (SOCIO)PRAGMATIC STRATEGIES AND PROSODIC VARIATIONS
Anna De Marco;
2024-01-01
Abstract
The objective of this research was to gain a deeper understanding of the relationship between prosodic cues and the socio-pragmatic strategies employed by native and nonnative speakers of Italian when engaged in the act of complaint. The study was conducted with three groups: two experimental and one control. The data were collected using four scenarios which were designed to evoke a complaint which included a range of social distance and power relations parameters. The results of the socio-pragmatic and prosodic analysis corroborate the hypothesis that learners tend to be “weak complainers”.File in questo prodotto:
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