We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Characteristics of request formulation in Estonian, Finnish, French, Lithuanian and Russian.
- Authors
Pajusalu, Renate; Kaska, Maret; Klaas-Lang, Birute; Pajusalu, Karl; Treikelder, Anu; Vihman, Virve-Anneli
- Abstract
On the basis of a set of discourse completion tasks, forms of making requests and asking for information in various contexts in five languages with various mutual contacts and areal affiliations are investigated. The study shows what young Estonian, Finnish, French, Lithuanian and Russian speakers consider to be appropriate forms of making requests in various contexts. Many similarities among these languages were found, but also some systematic cross-cultural and cross-linguistic differences. The effects of language contacts can be seen most clearly in the "intermediate" positioning of Estonian and Lithuanian, between French and Finnish on one side and Russian on the other, along many of the parameters investigated.
- Subjects
RUSSIAN language; FINNISH language; FRENCH language; ESTONIAN language; LITHUANIAN language
- Publication
STUF: Language Typology & Universals, 2017, Vol 70, Issue 3, p455
- ISSN
1867-8319
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/stuf-2017-0021