mentions the title and the name of the professor: ―Yes, this is the book that I have
been looking for. Thank you, Prof. Watson
‖
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11. Situation 11: Taking a pen =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 student in the same batch for taking hisher pen. The interlocutors do not know each other at all.
After the pen is taken and given by the other student, what is commonly expressed by almost all AEs, INs, and ELs is thanking strategy.
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Besides thanking strategy, nothing is dominantly used by three groups of participants. Half of AEs simply
express thanking strategy to the other student.
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12. Situation 12: Paying the bill of the food +S, +I, +F
In this situation, every expression of gratitude is made by a person in higher-status senior student to a person in a lower-status junior student as
response to the high-imposition favor. Situated as a senior student, every participant is asked to give response to a junior student, whom the senior knows
very well, for paying the senior student‘s bill of the food. After the senior student‘s bill of the food is paid, what are commonly expressed by more than half
of AEs, INs, and ELs to the junior student is thanking and repayment strategies.
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Table 5.10 EL 1 Appendix 5
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Table 5.11 AE 2-10, IN 1-10, and EL 1-10 Appendix 5
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Table 5.11 AE 2, 4, 6-8 Appendix 5
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Table 5.12 AE 1-2, 4, 6-10, IN 1-6, 9-10, and EL 1-10 Appendix 5
In accompanying thanking strategy, more than half of INs use at least one alerter strategy in the subcategory of name to address the junior student.
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In contrast, there are very few AEs who use any alerter in expressing gratitude.
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After thanking strategy, one Minangnese IN addresses the junior student by
mentioning her name before promising to repay: ―Makasi ya Wulan. Entar aku ganti. Thank you Wulan
, I will pay you back later.‖
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All INs responding by using repayment only promise the money back.
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Whereas, AEs are able to repay money by treating the favor giver over food.
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As one Caucasian AE expressed:
―I am sorry I forgot my wallet, I will get use next time.‖
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Similar to INs, while expressing thanking strategy, more than half of ELs use at least one alerter in the
subcategory of name to address the junior student.
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13. Situation 13: Taking a book -S, -I, =F
