Essays about: "refusal strategies"

Found 4 essays containing the words refusal strategies.

  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. “We are also just normal people, like everybody else.” : Young Jehovah’s Witnesses in Belgium and their Experiences of Others’ Conceptions About their Religion.

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för tema

    Author : Liselotte Erika Andersson; [2022]
    Keywords : young Jehovah’s Witnesses; youth’s perspectives; religion; media; mis conceptions;

    Abstract : This study examines young Jehovah’s Witnesses’ experiences of others’ conceptions of their religion in media and through real-life encounters, and how they think it affects their everyday life. To get an insight into their subjective experiences, this research applied a qualitative approach with an interpretivist epistemological standpoint and constructionism as an ontological position. READ MORE

  4. 3. PRAGMATIC TRANSFER: A STUDY OF REFUSAL STRATEGIES AMONG CHINESE LEARNERS OF ENGLISH

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Yang Song; [2021-10-04]
    Keywords : English; Cross-cultural refusals; Refusal strategies; Chinese learners of English; Pragmatic transfer; Language proficiency;

    Abstract : The present study aims at exploring how negative pragmatic transfer has affected Chinese learners of English in terms of the completion of cross-cultural refusals and the correlation between their linguistic proficiency and pragmatic competence. The empirical data were collected through an elicitation instrument, i.e. READ MORE

  5. 4. 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