Crosslinguistic influence on pragmatics: the case of apologies by Japanese first-language learners of English
It is said that Japanese tend to overuse I'm sorry, and a number of studies have confirmed this. Some studies attribute it to Japanese culture; however, does Japanese language have any influence on that? This study, therefore, investigates the uses of the English apologetic phrases, namely, I...
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McGill University
2011
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| Online Access: | http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=104682 |