An investigation of Iranian learner`s utilization of politeness strategies and power relation in refusal speech act across different communicative situations
This study aimed to examine the L2 pragmatic knowledge of Iranian intermediate learners of English through the performance of the speech act of refusals in English across diverse situations. One hundred and twenty five Iranian learners whose language proficiency was at the intermediate level took pa...
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Canadian Center of Science and Education
2017
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Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60829/1/An%20investigation%20of%20Iranian%20learner%60s%20utilization%20of%20politeness%20strategies%20and%20power%20relation%20in%20refusal%20speech%20act%20across%20different%20communicative%20situations.pdf |