10. Showing the location of the book low-status, low-imposition, high-
familiarity
You are in a bookstore to buy some books. Accidentally, you meet Prof. Watson, a lecturer whom you know very well. Knowing that you are
looking for some books which she knows, she kindly shows the location of the books. After you know the location of the books, you would say
Note: This situation is adapted from a situation in a DCT developed by
Hinkel in 1992:
You are in the university bookstore trying to find some books which you need for your course. K.C. shows you where the books are
located.You can say to K.C.: A Thanks.I didnt know where to look.
B Thanks.I didnt know where to look.Thank you very much. C I didnt know where to look.
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In adapting Hinkel‘s situation, the things which are followed are the theme of low-imposition favor of showing the location of the book situation.
However, in the present study, the interlocutor social status and familiarity with respect to the thanker are specified since there is no specific
information about the interlocutor in Hinkel‘s situation.
11. Taking a pen equal-status, low-imposition, equal-familiarity
You are in a hurry to collect your paper on time. On the way to your class, you do not realize that you accidentally drop your pen. A student in the
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Eli Hinkel 1992, op.cit. p. 18.
same batch with you, whom you do not know, picks it up and gives it to you. After the student gives the pen to you, you would say
Note: This situation is adapted from a situation in a DCT developed by
Cheng in 2005 for a pilot study:
You are walking to class. You accidentally drop your papers and notes, which scatter all over the middle of a busy hallway. A student whom you
don‘t know is walking by and stops to help you pick up your papers and notes. When the student gives the papers and notes to you, what
do you say?
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In adapting Cheng ‘s situation, the things which are followed by situation 11
in the present study are the theme of low-imposition favor of taking something, interlocutor social status and interlocutor familiarity. However,
in Cheng‘s, the favor is taking scattered papers and notes. In situation 11 in
the present study, the favor is adapted and changed into taking a pen.
12. Paying the bill of the food high-status, high-imposition, high-
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