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situation, gender of the librarian is situated to be apparently vague. Hence, the title which is used by every INs varies across gender. Two INs say Alhamdulillah
when they get their important books back.
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Alhamdulillah is Islamic term which is used to praise the God as thanksgiving. AEs never praise the God when they
have the books back. Similar to AEs, while expressing thanking, more than half of ELs never use any alerter strategy to address the librarian.
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Unlike AEs and INs, besides thanking strategy, more than half of ELs use positive feeling strategy.
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5. Situation 5: Rescheduling final exam -S, +I, -F
In this situation, expression of gratitude is made by a person in lower-status student to a person in a higher-status professor as response to the high-
imposition favor. Situated as a student, every participant is asked to give response to a professor, whom the student does not know very well, for permitting
rescheduling the final exam. After permitted to reschedule, what is commonly expressed by all AEs, INs, and ELs to the professor is thanking strategy.
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Besides thanking strategy, coming from ethnic groups and states in the US, more than half of AEs use appreciation strategy to explicitly appreciate the favor or the
professor.
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One Caucasian and Asian American AE appreciates the permission
after expressing thanking: ―Thank you so much. I really appreciate it.‖
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Table 5.4 IN 5 and 8 Appendix 5
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Table 5.4 EL 1, 4-10 Appendix 5
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Table 5.4 EL 1-4, 6-8, 10 Appendix 5
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Table 5.5 AE 1-10, IN 1-10, and EL 1-10 Appendix 5
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Table 5.5 AE 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, and 10 Appendix 5
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Table 5.5 AE 9 Appendix 5
There is no IN who uses appreciation. In accompanying thanking strategy, more than half of INs use at least one alerter in the subcategory of title to address
the professor.
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For example, in accompanying thanking strategy, one Javanese and Makasarese IN puts the name of the professor after mentioning the title:
Similar to INs, in accompanying thanking strategy, more than half of ELs address the professor by at least one alerter in the subcategory of title.
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Similar to AEs, half of ELs also use appreciation strategy.
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After thanking strategy, one Buginese EL addresses the professor and states his appreciation: ―Thank you very
much for allowing me to reschedule, Prof. Kasper. I truly appreciate it that despite your busy schedule
. ...‖
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6. Situation 6: Handing a tissue =S, -I, +F
In this situation, expression of gratitude is made by a person, who is situated to have equal-status with the interlocutor, as response to low-imposition favor.
Situated as a student, every participant is asked to give response to a best friend for handing a tissue. After receiving the tissue, what is commonly expressed by all
AEs, INs and ELs to their best friend is thanking strategy.
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While expressing thanking strategy, coming from different ethnic groups and states in Indonesia,
more than half of INs address hisher best friend by one alerter in the subcategory
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Table 5.5 IN 1-5, and 7 Appendix 5
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Table 5.5 EL 1-3, 5-8, 10 Appendix 5
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Table 5.5 EL 2, 3, 5, 7, and 10 Appendix 5
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Table 5.5 EL 2 Appendix 5
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Table 5.6 AE 1-10, IN 1-10, EL 1-10 Appendix 5
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