Social and Religious Functions Performed by the Ritual Speech Act of “ya Allah” in Iranian Interactions
The current study was carried out to investigate the functions of the ritual speech act of ‘ya Allah’ (literally meaning ‘O God’) employed by Iranians in social interactions. To this end, sixty-two Persian native speakers of different age groups, ranging from 35 to 85, of both genders were observed...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Sistan and Baluchestan
2013-09-01
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| Series: | Iranian Journal of Applied Language Studies |
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| Online Access: | https://ijals.usb.ac.ir/article_1643_89b50346b8b13f3d7bfae56bd76fcea6.pdf |