Indirectness in English requests among Malay university students
Communication serves as the main medium to connect human beings so that they can live in harmony. There are numerous ways to communicate effectively, and one of them is by making polite requests. Adopting the Discourse Completion Test (DCT), 40 questionnaires were distributed to 40 respondents from...
Main Authors: | Mohd Khalib, Farahnaz, Tayeh, Asma |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2014
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Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48143/1/48143.pdf |
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