CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON OF SAUDI AND AMERICAN STUDENTS IN THE SPEECH ACT OF REFUSAL

This study investigated how American and Saudi students realize the English speech act of refusal in an ESL setting. It presented cross-cultural comparisons of the performance of American native speakers of English as well as ESL Saudi speakers. The study examined how culture affected the realizatio...

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Main Author: Alqahtani, Sharifh A
Format: Others
Published: OpenSIUC 2015
Online Access:https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/1608
https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2622&context=theses