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Alerters and greetings in small talk among Malay students

In this study, small talk refers to phatic communication and social talk, which contrasted with core business and work-related talk. Small talk often serves as a “lubricant” that makes subsequent communication go smoothly. This study is a part of a bigger study that examines how small talks are cond...

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Main Authors: Ahmad, Normah, Mamat, Roslina, Ahmad, Amirah, Zubbir, Nadiah
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Published: International Journal of Early Childhood Special Education 2022
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/100163/
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spelling my.upm.eprints.1001632024-07-18T07:33:01Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/100163/ Alerters and greetings in small talk among Malay students Ahmad, Normah Mamat, Roslina Ahmad, Amirah Zubbir, Nadiah In this study, small talk refers to phatic communication and social talk, which contrasted with core business and work-related talk. Small talk often serves as a “lubricant” that makes subsequent communication go smoothly. This study is a part of a bigger study that examines how small talks are conducted among public university students in Malaysia. This particular study only focuses on alerters and greetings used in small talk. Free Discourse Completion Task (FDCT) approach was used to collect data in this investigation. A total of 54 Malay respondents participated in answering the FDCT. The results indicate that the participants used alerters in all 8 situations. However, Title/Role is used more frequently in situations where the speaker has a lower status than the hearer. In situations where the status is equal, Attention Getters are frequently used. Formal greetings are found in all situations and are used more frequently compared to informal greetings. This study also shows that Malay speakers place a higher value on power status than familiarity when greeting others. International Journal of Early Childhood Special Education 2022 Article PeerReviewed Ahmad, Normah and Mamat, Roslina and Ahmad, Amirah and Zubbir, Nadiah (2022) Alerters and greetings in small talk among Malay students. International Journal of Early Childhood Special Education, 14 (2). pp. 4637-4646. ISSN 1308-5581 http://103.247.176.188/FullText.aspx?id=1038811610 10.9756/INT-JECSE/V14I2.513
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description In this study, small talk refers to phatic communication and social talk, which contrasted with core business and work-related talk. Small talk often serves as a “lubricant” that makes subsequent communication go smoothly. This study is a part of a bigger study that examines how small talks are conducted among public university students in Malaysia. This particular study only focuses on alerters and greetings used in small talk. Free Discourse Completion Task (FDCT) approach was used to collect data in this investigation. A total of 54 Malay respondents participated in answering the FDCT. The results indicate that the participants used alerters in all 8 situations. However, Title/Role is used more frequently in situations where the speaker has a lower status than the hearer. In situations where the status is equal, Attention Getters are frequently used. Formal greetings are found in all situations and are used more frequently compared to informal greetings. This study also shows that Malay speakers place a higher value on power status than familiarity when greeting others.
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author Ahmad, Normah
Mamat, Roslina
Ahmad, Amirah
Zubbir, Nadiah
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Mamat, Roslina
Ahmad, Amirah
Zubbir, Nadiah
Alerters and greetings in small talk among Malay students
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Mamat, Roslina
Ahmad, Amirah
Zubbir, Nadiah
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title Alerters and greetings in small talk among Malay students
title_short Alerters and greetings in small talk among Malay students
title_full Alerters and greetings in small talk among Malay students
title_fullStr Alerters and greetings in small talk among Malay students
title_full_unstemmed Alerters and greetings in small talk among Malay students
title_sort alerters and greetings in small talk among malay students
publisher International Journal of Early Childhood Special Education
publishDate 2022
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/100163/
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