DOI: https://doi.org/10.14710/kiryoku.v8i2.628-641

Pragmatic Failures in Japanese Conversations Among Beginner Japanese Language Learners Leading to Face-Threatening Acts

*Devita Widyaningtyas Yogyanti orcid  -  Universitas Bina Sarana Informatika, Indonesia
Annisa Nurul Atiqah  -  Sekolah Tinggi Pariwisata Ambarukmo Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Dwi Iswahyuni  -  Universitas Bina Sarana Informatika, Indonesia
Angela Bayu Pertama Sari  -  Universitas Bina Sarana Informatika, Indonesia
Sri Rejeki  -  Universitas Bina Sarana Informatika, Indonesia
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This research aims to identify the types of pragmatic failures that occur in beginner-level Japanese
language classes. The data was taken from conversation texts created by students in groups over one
semester from two different universities. The utterances in the conversation text that were perceived
to contain pragmatic failure were categorized and then verified through interviews with native
Japanese speakers to understand the impressions they felt when hearing such utterances. Verified
utterances containing pragmatic failure were then categorized into pragmalinguistic failure and
sociopragmatic failure. It was discovered that even in simple contexts like self-introductions, there
were many pragmatic failures that had the potential to become Face Threatening Acts (FTA) against
the positive and negative face of the interlocutor. In the case of basic Japanese students,
pragmalinguistic failures are more commonly found than sociopragmatic failures. However, both
pragmalinguistic and sociopragmatic failures tend to be more of a face-threatening act against the
positive face of the interlocutor. The research finding reveals the linguistic characteristics that
threaten the interlocutor's positive face include using first-person pronouns excessively,
discriminatory questions about origin, and misusing specific Japanese words like "anata," "sayonara,"
"dare," and "kore" during introductions, incorrect responses to information and the absence of
honorifics. 

 
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Keywords: basic Japanese; pragmatic failure; pragmalinguistic failure; sociopragmatic failure; FTA

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