Pragmatics Transfer on Compliment and Compliment Responses to English Learners at The Faculty of Adab and Humanities Uin Alauddin Makassar

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume V, Issue VI, June 2021 | ISSN 2454–6186

Pragmatics Transfer on Compliment and Compliment Responses to English Learners at The Faculty of Adab and Humanities Uin Alauddin Makassar

Nurasia Natsir, Lukman, Manda, Kamsinah
Cultural sciences Faculty, Hasanuddin University, Indonesia

Abstract: This study aims to describe (1) the form of compliment strategies and compliment responses of English learners at the Adab and Humanities Faculty of UIN Alauddin Makassar, (2) the factors related to the pragmatics of the transfer of English learners at the Adab and Humanities Faculty of UIN Alauddin Makassar. The population in this study is all students of semester 6 of the Class of 2017 English Language and Literature Faculty of Adab and Humanities UIN Alauddin Makassar, with a total of 70 respondents as a representative selected research sample, is considered as the representation of the entire research population. The data collection methods are conducted using DCT, interviews, and direct observations. The data obtained is analyzed with quantitative and qualitative techniques. Specifically, the quantitative data is processed with statistics using R analytics software, while the qualitative data is analyzed using pragmatic transfer analysis. The results showed that (1) The form of compliment strategy used by English learners at the UIN Alauddin Makassar faculty consists of 18 forms of compliment strategies and 13 forms of compliment response strategies, the most commonly used forms are surprise and congratulations strategies while the form of compliment response that is most often done is the appreciation and appreciation strategy receive compliments. (2) There are 3 factors related to the pragmatic transfer of English learners that affect the negative transfer that occurs when performing compliments speech acts and compliment responses, including sociopragmatic, pragmalinguistic and psychopragmatic factors.

Keywords: pragmatic transfer, speech act, compliment and complement response

I.INTRODUCTION

Each language in the world is governed by a set of linguistic and socio-cultural norms, each of which has a unique and varied system. Speakers of a language subconsciously develop communication competency skills that allow them to interpret and produce easy-to-understand and precise speech in the communicating process. It is likewise the students of Indonesia who are learning English as a foreign language. The target language learners need to know the cultural norms underlying the language to produce appropriate speech that can be understood by the speaker. It’s not just a matter of mastering all the grammar rules but also gaining knowledge of how language is pragmatically used in the target culture (Leech, 1983). Thus, linguistic accuracy cannot be achieved unless the speaker considers the pronunciation option that corresponds to the context of the speech applicable to the target language

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