Decoding fillers used in a Thai English learning talk show

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Name: Supreeya Uwasri

LCSH: Burapha University.Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Abstract: In English speaking, fillers have been concerned stylistically stigmata (Jucker & Ziv, 1998), and they are one of speech disfluencies (Shriberg, 1999) that signal the lack of oral phonetic proficiency, vocabulary and grammar ability, and syntactic correctness. However, native speakers of English prevailingly include fillers in speech as they are a part of conversational strategies (Rose, 1998; Shriberg, 2001). The interesting usage of fillers in interactions led to the purpose of the study regarding Thai speakers of English who were surrounded with less opportunity in English interactions. As fillers associated with both oral performance and conversational device in regular communication, the use of fillers in Thai speakers of English who possessed different English learning experience contributed to the insight understanding upon fillers. The investigation involved with filler use between both groups of Thai interactants that were divided by English learning experience: long term abroad experienced and little or no abroad experienced speakers. On the grounds of non-English speaking atmosphere in Thailand, conversational interactions between Thai speakers of English were collected through a Thai English learning talk show conducted by the Thai host that welcomed Thai speakers with different language levels as the guests to communicate via English. The researcher applied Brinton’s (1996) model of fillers’ functions to analyze fillers found in conversational in order to investigate the different functions employed by two groups of speakers. Six thousand six hundred and eighty nine times of fillers were collected as the results of the study. With the exclusion of fillers used by the host, both groups of speakers employed fillers’ functions similarly in rank. Moreover, the fillers’ functions of show guests were to discuss by considering similar and different use in communicative purposes. Also, when fillers’ functions by the host were taken into consideration, it demonstrated that functions applied for interacting with both groups of guests almost resembled in rank. Apparently, the host more used some fillers’ functions signaling superior status to the guests due to the effect of talk show’s institutional discursive features.

Burapha University. Library

Address: CHONBURI

Email: buulibrary@buu.ac.th

Name: Somboon Chetchumlong

Role: Principal advisor

Name: On-Usa Phimsawat

Role: Co-advisor

Created: 2018

Modified: 2020-06-09

Issued: 2020-06-09

eng

DegreeName: Master of Arts

Level: Master's Degree

Descipline: English for communication

Grantor: Burapha University

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