Situation 3: Allowing an interview -S, +I, =F Situation 4: Finding workbook source book =F, +S, +I
professor by using at least one alerter in the subcategory of title.
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Similar to AEs, more than half use repayment strategy by promising money.
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For example, one Javanese EL addresses the professor by mentioning at least one title after
expressing thanking, and then, in the end, she promises to repay: ―Thank you very
much, Prof. Clooney. I really appreciate this. I will return your money soon.
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3. Situation 3: Allowing an interview -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 personally does not know, for letting the student
takes the time of the professor to be interviewed. After interviewing the professor, what is commonly expressed by all AEs, INs, and ELs to the professor is thanking
strategy.
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More than half of AEs also express appreciation strategy to appreciate the willingness of the professor to be interviewed or the time that the professor
has spent.
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One Caucasian and Asian American AE appreciates the favor after
expressing thanking strategy: ―Thank you so much. I really appreciate this.‖
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In situation 2, there is no IN using appreciation strategy. In accompanying thanking strategy, coming from ethnic groups and states in Indonesia, more than
half of INs address the professor by at least one alerter in the subcategory of
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Table 5.2 EL 1-10 Appendix 5
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Table 5.2 EL 1, 3, 5, 8-10 Appendix 5
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Table 5.2 EL 1 Appendix 5
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Table 5.3 AE 1-10, IN 1-10, and EL 1-10 Appendix 5
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Table 5.3 AE 1-3, 6, 8-10 Appendix 5
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Table 5.3 AE 9 Appendix 5
title.
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The majority of AEs never use any alerter in their expressions. Similar to INs, in accompanying thanking, half of ELs address the professor by at least one
alerter in the subcategory of title.
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Similar to AEs, more than half of ELs also use appreciation strategy.
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For example, one Buginese EL expresses: ―Thank you very much for you
r time, Prof. Wierzbicka. I really appreciate it…‖
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4. Situation 4: Finding workbook source book =F, +S, +I
In this situation, expression of gratitude is made by a person in higher-status student to a person in a lower-status librarian as response to the high-
imposition favor. In this case, the librarian is positioned as lower-status person to the student because, in the social context, the librarian is one who is on duty to
‗serve‘ the student as ‗the customer‘. Situated as a student, every participant is asked to give response to a librarian, whom the student does not know, for finding
the student‘s important workbook and source book which are lost and giving them
back to the student. After getting the books back, what is commonly expressed by all AEs, INs, and ELs to the librarian is thanking strategy.
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In accompanying thanking strategy, more than half of INs use one alerter in the subcategory of title to address the librarian.
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Although librarian has lower- status level, INs still mention the librarian with titles seems due to the librarian
is older than them. AEs never use alerter for addressing the librarian. In this
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Table 5.3 IN 1-4, 8-9 Appendix 5
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Table 5.3 EL 2, 5, 6, 7, and 10 Appendix 5
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Table 5.3 EL 1-8 and 10 Appendix 5
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Table 5.3 EL 2 Appendix 5
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Table 5.4 AE 1-10, IN 1-10, and EL 1-10 Appendix 5
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Table 5.4 IN 1-6, 9-10 Appendix 5
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