Strategies of Making Suggestions by Jordanian and American Undergraduate University Students

Authors

  • Ms. Rana Saeed Mohamad Mohammad جامعة القدس المفتوحة

Keywords:

Contrastive Pragmatics, Linguistic Competence, Pragmatic Competence, Semi Modals, Speech act, Suggestion strategies.

Abstract

The purpose of this contrastive pragmatic study is to investigate the similarities and differences between the strategies used by Jordanian and American undergraduate university students when making and responding to suggestions. Furthermore, this study aims at investigating the most frequent suggestion strategies used by Jordanian and American undergraduate university students for making and responding to suggestions. To this end, sixty undergraduate university students, thirty undergraduate Jordanian university students of various majors studying at Philadelphia University, and thirty undergraduate American university students of various majors studying at The State University of New York were asked to complete a Discourse Completion Task (DCT) consisting of sixteen situations in which their suggestion act was explored. The research data were analyzed descriptively using frequencies and percentages. The results revealed the variations in almost most of the suggestion types. 

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Published

2018-05-22

How to Cite

Mohammad, M. R. S. M. (2018). Strategies of Making Suggestions by Jordanian and American Undergraduate University Students. Journal of Al-Quds Open University for Humanities and Social Studies, 1(44). Retrieved from https://journals.qou.edu/index.php/jrresstudy/article/view/1908

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 44 (2018): العدد الرابع والأربعون، الجزء الأول، رجب 1439هـ/آذار 2018م

Section

Research Papers

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