Do Iranians and Americans Congratulate their Friends Differently on their Birthdays on Facebook? A Case for Intercultural Studies

Cross-cultural analyses of speech acts are among the hot topics in contrastive studies and up to now various researchers have explored this very issue. Despite the ample studies in this field, the speech act of congratulation, especially the subject of ‘birthday congratulation’ remains untouched. Th...

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Main Authors: Ali Jahangard, Neda Khanlarzadeh, Ashkan Latifi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Tabriz 2016-12-01
Series:Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning
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Online Access:https://elt.tabrizu.ac.ir/article_17259_324a52317555b50bb1b0ae64051a7ed8.pdf