The use of apology strategies and gender differences among Iranian EFL postgraduate students in an ESL context
Apology is defined as remedial exchange to produce social harmony after an offended action has been committed (Goffman, 1971). Apology is a type of speech act which has been the object of numerous studies (Demeter, 2006). The notion of apology may differ from one culture to another based on the soci...
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Universiti Putra Malaysia Press
2016
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/50384/1/The%20use%20of%20apology%20strategies%20and%20gender%20differences%20among%20Iranian%20EFL%20postgraduate%20students%20in%20an%20ESL%20context.pdf |