<div> </div> <div>My M A thesis was about Iraqi EFL learners' use of address form that includes T/V </div> <div> </div> <div>would u like that </div> <div> </div> <div>Ahmed<BR><BR><B><I>Lisa DeWaard Dykstra <lisa.dewaard.dykstra@GMAIL.COM></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <DIV>Dear Colleagues,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>A subscriber to the list asked me to clarify a bit some of the details of my task, specifically what I meant by the text in red below. In Russian the two address pronouns, <EM>ty</EM> and <EM>Vy</EM>, are used systematically to signal the perception each interlocutor has of the relationship. Typically, <EM>ty</EM> is used with intimates and <EM>Vy</EM> with strangers and also with those of higher status (e.g., bosses, people older than oneself). However, in addition to this standard usage, there exists a range of manipulation
of these forms which typically occurs in emotionally-charged situations. For example, a wife who is angry at her husband may switch temporarily from the familiar <EM>ty</EM> to the distant <EM>Vy</EM> to accent her anger; conversely, a switch from <EM>Vy</EM> to <EM>ty</EM> can signal a desire to move to a closer, more intimate relationship, be it a romantic one or a friendship. In my task, I used video clips from classic Russian films of emotionally-charged situations, some of which contained a switch from one pronoun or the other and some which did not. Although none of the respondents picked out the feature consistently, female respondents as a whole outperformed male respondents to a statistically significant degree at two separate institutions. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Please let me know if more detail is needed, and thank you in advance for your ideas!</DIV> <DIV>Lisa<BR><BR> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>2007/10/30, Lisa DeWaard Dykstra
<<A href="mailto:lisa.dewaard.dykstra@gmail.com">lisa.dewaard.dykstra@gmail.com</A>>:</SPAN> <BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <DIV>Dear IGALA List Subscribers,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I am currently working on a conference paper and am having a difficult time finding resources for the specific problem I am trying to address in my work. In my dissertation work on perceptions of politeness (<FONT color=#cc0000> specifically I investigated whether non-native learners of Russian perceived the sociocultural weight of the manipulation of address pronouns in a listening task</FONT>) I found that the only statistically significant variable in my study was gender, with female learners outperforming male learners consistently at two different institutions. By the time I had determined this result I no longer had access to my informant populations so I was unable to interview the learners
to try to figure out what about their listening caused them to react to the material differently. The explanation I gave in my dissertation -- that men and women were listening differently, but I didn't know why -- was all I was able to say at that point. Now I am interested in pursuing further why this difference came about, but I am having a difficult time finding sources to consult. Has anyone on the list come up against a similar finding? </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thank you for your time,</DIV> <DIV>Lisa<BR clear=all><BR>-- <BR>Lisa DeWaard Dykstra, Ph.D.<BR>Assistant Professor of Spanish and Second Language Acquisition<BR>Clemson University<BR>308 Strode Tower<BR>Clemson, SC 29634<BR>864-637-8491 </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><BR clear=all><BR>-- <BR>Lisa DeWaard Dykstra, Ph.D.<BR>Assistant Professor of Spanish and Second Language Acquisition<BR>Clemson University<BR>308 Strode Tower<BR>Clemson, SC 29634<BR>864-637-8491
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