An investigation of the refusal speech act of Turkish learners of English

Master of Arts === Department of Modern Languages === Li Yang === This study investigates and compares politeness strategies of Turkish learners of English (TLE) and American English speakers (AE) when they produce the speech act of refusal in English. A total of 24 participants took part in this st...

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Main Author: Gungormezler, Tugce
Language:en_US
Published: Kansas State University 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2097/32864