The speech act of invitation in the American and Russian communicative cultures (results of an empirical research)

This paper deals with the features of the speech act of Invitation in the American and Russian communicative cultures. Based on an empirical research, it compares the communication strategies and the linguistic means Americans and Russians use when making an invitation.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: E B Schelchkova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) 2013-12-01
Series:Russian journal of linguistics: Vestnik RUDN
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Online Access:http://journals.rudn.ru/linguistics/article/view/9591