Investigating the Relationship Between Gender and Different Strategies of Expressing Complaint in English and Persian Films

Journal of Studies in Learning and Teaching English

شناسنامه علمی شماره، دوره 1، شماره 2، فروردین 2012، صفحه 65-86   

نویسنده

Zahra Mehrabani^*

Shiraz azad University

چکیده

The main objective of the present study is to elaborate the contrasts between
males and females in their use of different strategies of complaint in English
and Persian and ascertain the degree to which independent variables like
gender and language affect the application of these strategies during informal
communication.
Furthermore, it offers comparable corpora which provide a
good basis for cross-linguistic comparison of distribution of these functional
strategies within the context of Persian and English movies. Therefore,
the focus of this study is on the implementation of different strategies of
‘complaint’ by English and Persian males and females in accordance with
Schaefer’s classification of strategies of complaint (1982). This research
targets at figuring out differences between English and Persian males and
females in relation to the application of the previously-mentioned strategies.
In addition, in order to gather the most authentic data, four English and four
Persian films, dealing with family and social theme, are analyzed with great
care. Concerning gender dyads, both in English and Persian, some significant
differences are detected. It is of significance to note that with regard to
strategies of complaint, cross-language, Persian males and females implement
complaining strategies more than English ones, while cross-gender, both in
English and Persian, males use these strategies more.

کلیدواژه‌ها

Complaint؛ dyad؛ strategies of complaint؛ complaint in English & Persian