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Realisation of the Speech Act of Request, Suggestion and Apology by Libyan EFL Learners
SAGE Open, 2021 This study investigates the three speech act strategies of request, suggestion and apology in Libyan Arab EFL undergraduate students (AREFLUS) and Amazigh EFL undergraduate students (AMEFLUS). It also examines their linguistic and pragmatic competence in
Abudalslam Alfghe, Behbood Mohammadzadeh
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Are men more apologetic than women? [PDF]
, 2013 Apologies are common utterances. When an individual has violated a social norm, apologetic utterances are offered. This study investigates how apologies are used in relation to gender.
Hassan, Fauziah +2 more
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are the oldest living custodians in the world. However, Australian identity has been purposefully established to exclude Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, contributing to systemic oppression and harmful consequences. Understanding the perspectives and experiences of Aboriginal and Torres
Jack Farrugia, Jonathan Bullen
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On Apologizing in Norwegian [PDF]
, 2011 This paper discusses selected points concerning the verbal realization of the speech act of apology in Norwegian. It sets out to establish prevailing tendencies in the choice of apology strategies applied by the native speakers of Norwegian.
Awedyk, Witosław
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Revisiting pragmatic tests in the FL context: Towards interactive tests to examine speech act performance1 [PDF]
, 2015 The aim of this study is to explore the task effect of two different research methods, namely those of interactive discourse completion tasks/tests (IDCTs) and role-play tasks (RPTs). The two research methods employed in this study adopt an interactive
Beltrán-Palanques, Vicent
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract There is much interest in the potential for an alternative funding system for higher education students in England to support the spiritual and worldly needs of British Muslim students. At the heart of this issue lies a tension over whether the student financing system in English HE is haram, or forbidden under Islamic (Shari'ah) law, because ...
Richard Hall +2 more
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Crisis? What crisis?. How European professionals handle crises and crisis communication [PDF]
, 2014 A broad study in 43 European countries shows that 70% of communication professionals encounter at least one crisis a year, mostly institutional, related to the performance of the organization or a crisis in management or leadership.
Angeles Moreno +8 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Firms' continuous pursuit of making a profit in the competitive market may ignore the actions related to environmental responsibilities. This set of actions for financial gains constitutes environmental misconduct, which not only harms ecosystems and communities but also brings reputational damage. Negative press and social media amplification
Ashutosh Singh +3 more
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Defining Reconciliation Studies: Theoretical and Practical Dimensions
Conflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Reconciliation studies (RS) has become increasingly influential in understanding alternative views to ending conflict and dealing with the aftermath. As a discipline or field, however, it is not well defined. The actual usefulness of reconciliation (as a concept), or of RS (as a discipline), is debated, and due to its growing usage, it is ...
Colleen Alena O’Brien
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Apology Strategies in Cameroon Pidgin English
OALib, 2018 This study looks into the apology strategies used by adult speakers of Cameroon Pidgin English, an area which has received little attention. The data consisted of some 105 recalled conversations between an offender and an offendee and the analysis drew from the model developed by Bergman and Kasper [1]. The analysis revealed a number of facts.
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