Situation 7: Lending a book +S, +I, -F Situation 8: Recommending some books -S, -I, -F
of name.
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After expressing thanking strategy, one Javanese IN addresses her
best friend by using endearment term: ―Tengkyu say‖ ―Thank you dear‖
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In Cheng‘s taxonomy, endearment term in the expressions of gratitude is categorized as alerter in the subcategory of name.
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In situation 6, more than half of AEs simply use thanking strategy.
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One Indian and Caucasian AE simply
expresses thanking strategy to his best friend after he gets the tissue: ―Thanks.‖
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Similar to INs, in accompanying thanking strategy, half of ELs address hisher best friend by using alerter in the subcategory of name.
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For example, one Javanese EL mentions the name of her best friend after expressing thanking:
―Thanks, Sally‖
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Then, One Buginese EL also does it: ―Thanks, Sally.‖
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7. Situation 7: Lending a book +S, +I, -F
In this situation, expression of gratitude is made by a person in a higher- status mentor to a person in a lower-status a freshman as response to high-
imposition favor. Every participant, situated as a mentor, is asked to give response to a freshman, whom the mentor just met a few days ago, for lending one
important book. When returning the book, what is commonly expressed by all AEs, INs, and ELs to the freshman is thanking strategy.
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Table 5.6 IN 1-2, 4-5, 7-8, 10 Appendix 5
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Stephanie Weijung Cheng 2005, op.cit. p. 49.
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Table 5.6 AE 1-3, 5-7, 9 Appendix 5
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thanking strategy, more than half of INs use one alerter in the subcategory of name to address the freshman.
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In contrast, besides thanking strategy, there is no other strategy which is used by more than half of AEs. In this situation, half of AEs prefer to simply
express thanking strategy to the freshman.
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In this case, similar to INs, in accompanying thanking strategy, more than half of ELs use one alerter in the
subcategory of name in addressing the freshman.
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For example, one Javanese EL mentions the name of the freshman after expressing thanking strategy and
before expressing positive reaction to the favor giver: ―Thank you, Chris It was
very kind of you to let me using the book first. Good luck for your paper‖
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