Cross-cultural Comparison of Non-native Speakers' Refusal Strategies in English
Although the number of pragmatics-based studies has increased recently, the comparison of speech act performances of non-native speakers of English is an under-researched area. The present study was conducted to bridge this gap by comparing the refusal responses of Turkish, Polish and Latvian pre-se...
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| Language: | English |
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Lasting Impressions Press
2013-12-01
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| Series: | International Journal of English Language and Translation Studies |
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| Online Access: | http://www.eltsjournal.org/pdf_files/Cross-cultural%20Comparison%20of%20Non-native%20Speakers'%20Refusal%20Strategies%20in%20English-Full%20Paper.pdf |