Essays about: "Discourse completion test"

Found 2 essays containing the words Discourse completion test.

1. 1. PRAGMATIC COMPETENCE: REFUSAL SPEECH ACT BY IRANIAN STUDENTS IN SWEDEN

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Kazhal Shatery; [2023-04-19]
   Keywords : English; culture; speech act of refusal; pragmatic; pragmalinguistics and sociopragmatics; politeness theory; refusal strategies;

   Abstract : Understanding cross-cultural differences plays a crucial role in communication and successful cross-cultural communications depends on various factors such as pragmalinguistics and sociopragmatics. Many researchers focus more on the aspect of pragmatics such as speech acts. The present study is a contrastive study of refusal speech act. READ MORE

3. 2. Inside or Outside: Discourse strategies of Finnish and Japanese workers in Japan

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärande

   Author : Tuomas Hakalisto; [2021]
   Keywords : Uchi Soto; Refusal; Politeness; DCT; Discourse completion test;

   Abstract : The aim of this cross-cultural study is to analyze discourse strategies between Finnish and Japanese participants regarding the indexing of in-group and out-group dynamics in Japanese communication. This research is going to concentrate on Finnish and Japanese people’s use of Japanese language to establish uchi/soto (inside/outside) relationships in work-related instances. READ MORE