A Dissertation by GRACE HUI-CHIN LIN Submitted to the Office of ...

certain people with whom to talk. Jian Guo reasoned that it was because when
entering Tunghai, he perceived the school was like a small society, where he could
find all kinds of people. There were two different types of people appearing in front
of him. When he was a freshman, he encountered many familiar and unfamiliar
situations. Therefore, he learned to find people carefully who shared similar
backgrounds to avoid a conflict during conversation. Additionally, he learned to
communicate with interlocutors whose backgrounds might not be the same as his.
In a word, Cheng Chih and Jian Guo expressed that they believed that this
strategy might be useful. However, they also stated that users should use it in the
ways, which the interlocutors should not emphasizing their positions or professions
in the society on purpose.
FIGURE 4.2.
Perceptions of the Message Abandonment Strategy
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T.
Select
No blank
C. C.
Free
Saving
Surviving
L. M.
Conversation
t d
Dictionary
S. R.
Cast away
block
Saving time
Struggling
M. A.
P. P.
Key word
Saving time/ clear
J. G.
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Right interlocutors
Deny
Key word
J. S.
Key word
Select topic
Clear doubt