A Cross-cultural Study of The Speech Act of Compliments in American English and Yemeni Arabic

Based on a cross-cultural perspective, the current study aims to compare the realization of the speech act of compliments among Yemeni Arabic native speakers (YANSs) and American English native speakers (AENSs). Samples of 30 participants of Americans and 30 other participants of Yemenis were involv...

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Main Authors: Najeeb Taher Al-Mansoob, K. S. Patil, Yasser Mohammed Alrefaee
Format: Article
Language:Arabic
Published: UPT Pengembangan Bahasa IAIN Kendari 2019-06-01
Series:Langkawi: Journal of The Association for Arabic and English
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Online Access:http://ejournal.iainkendari.ac.id/langkawi/article/view/1271