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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Main Authors: Farashaiyan, Atieh, Muthusamy, Paramasivam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Canadian Center of Science and Education 2017
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

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