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Publication Date: 2024-May
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The Triangle of Language Use: A Corpus-Based Analysis of Hotel Responses to Reviews
TESL-EJ, v28 n1 2024
Mastery of the art of crafting online reviews and responses is essential as a valuable additional tool for enhancing learners' English proficiency in specialised contexts. This study aims to: 1) Examine the formality levels in crafting reviews and responses; 2) Explore face-threatening acts utilised in reviews and politeness strategies employed in responses; and 3) Uncover moves and steps in composing reviews and responses. Data was collected from the Top 25 Hotels in the World in 2022 according to Tripadvisor.com. Six distinct corpora were formed, comprising positive, negative, and mixed reviews, along with corresponding responses, resulting in 87,973 tokens. Findings show reviewers leaned towards casual language (85.87%), while respondents used a consultative style (82.67%) in their responses. The shift from casual to consultative occurred most frequently (70.67%). For politeness, admiration (73.07%) and expressions of complaints/reprimands (64.53%) were common in reviews. In responses, strategies like offering, promising, or giving gifts (72.00%) and apologising and begging for forgiveness (50.40%) were prevalent. Reviews used three moves and ten steps, while responses employed six moves and 16 steps. These insights can be integrated into ESP classrooms to enhance review and response writing skills effectively.
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Speech Acts, Pragmatics, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Housing, Hospitality Occupations, Reputation, Computer Mediated Communication, Travel, Web Sites, Language Proficiency, Responses, Opinions, Language Styles, Writing Instruction, English for Special Purposes, Second Language Instruction, Intercultural Communication, Discourse Analysis, Tourism
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