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

ehavior impeding his/her own promotion for the same higher position?”
Unquestionably, the occupation field always is filled with the atmosphere of
challenge, positive competition, and even antagonism. People might encounter
various reactions from their foremen or associates when they appeal for aid.
Therefore, “Should the cooperation strategy be used in a competitive environment?”
and “How can it be applied?” become noteworthy subject matter for further studies in
the field of communication strategies.
Examples through the Interlanguage Strategy
In the findings from the fourth research question, Taiwanese types of
speeches created through interlanguage can be found. In the collected data, the most
common examples through interlanguage can be grouped into three types, which
were Chinese idioms, particular things in Taiwan, and foreign words imported to
Taiwan.
First, because Taiwanese students are educated in Mandarin, it is easy for
them to provoke their thoughts with Chinese idioms and generate their languages by
translating Chinese idioms. Hence, typical examples of interlanguage that Taiwanese
students would create are examples like “Think three times before you do it,”
“People Mountain People Sea.” and “Long Time No See.” Each country has its own
idioms, which could be foundations for how people in that country think and behave
in their daily lives. Hence, the researcher recommends that other researchers might
conduct a study which looks into and reveals how the idioms of each country could
be expressed through the interlanguage strategy.
Second, a considerable part of speech productions of interlanguage especially
were related to the particular things that only Taiwan possesses. For example,
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