Speech acts' requesting and apologizing strategies by native and non-native adolescents English speakers. A comparative research on pragmatic competence


Research Paper (postgraduate), 2013

37 Pages


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Table of Contents

1. Background of the Study
1.1 Introduction
1.2 A rationale for the choice of topic
1.3 Purpose of the Study
1.4 Questions of the study

2. Literature Review
2.1 Communicative competence and pragmatic competence
2.2 Interlanguage pragmatics
2.3 Cross-Cultural pragmatics
2.4 Speech Act theory
2.5 Politeness Theory
2.6 International and local Cultural Studies

3. Methodology
3.1 Data collection and Data analysis
3.2 The adaptation of the Discourse completion test
3.3 Samples

4. Findings of requesting and apologizing strategies
4.1 Requests & Apologies

5. Discussion

6. Pedagogical Implications

Conclusion

References

9. Appendices
9.1 Discourse completion test
9.2 Tables

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Title
Speech acts' requesting and apologizing strategies by native and non-native adolescents English speakers. A comparative research on pragmatic competence
College
British University in Dubai
Author
Year
2013
Pages
37
Catalog Number
V351007
ISBN (eBook)
9783668378391
ISBN (Book)
9783668378407
File size
2057 KB
Language
English
Notes
The author of this text is not a native English speaker. Please excuse any grammatical errors and other inconsistencies.
Keywords
speech, english
Quote paper
Elsayed Mahmoud (Author), 2013, Speech acts' requesting and apologizing strategies by native and non-native adolescents English speakers. A comparative research on pragmatic competence, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/351007

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