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The development of apologies in the Japanese L2 of adult English native speakers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The present paper focuses on the use of seven apologies strategies in the Japanese of 20 adult, high-intermediate English learners/users of Japanese. Nine of these learners had spent a minimum of two years in Japan.
Beckwith, S., Dewaele, Jean-Marc
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Policy Externalism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
I develop and argue for a kind of externalism about certain kinds of non-doxastic attitudes that I call policy externalism. Policy externalism about a given type of attitude is the view that all the reasonable policies for having attitudes of that type ...
Drucker, Daniel
core   +2 more sources

The impact of the current student loans regime on Muslim student engagement and retention in English higher education

open access: yesBritish 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
wiley   +1 more source

Situational Crisis Communication Theory and the Use of Apologies in Five High-Profile Food-Poisoning Incidents [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
This article examines the role that apologies play in situational crisis communication theory (SCCT) and focuses on a number of recent food-poisoning incidents.
Dulaney, Emmett, Gunn, Rebecca
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Sailing From Penalties to Accountability: Business Strategies and Governance for Firms to Innovate After Environmental Misconduct

open access: yesBusiness 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
wiley   +1 more source

Defining Reconciliation Studies: Theoretical and Practical Dimensions

open access: yesConflict 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
wiley   +1 more source

Strategi Permintaan dalam Bahasa Jepang

open access: yesHumaniora, 2015
Request strategy in Japanese serves to present desires to hearer and speaker gets benefit from the request. Request strategy consists of bald on record, on record with positive politeness, on record with negative politeness, and off record.
Timur Sri Astami
doaj   +3 more sources

Consumers’ Reactions to Brand Transgressions and Recovery Strategies: The Moderating Effect of Brand Image and the Mediating Role of Forgiveness [PDF]

open access: yes‫مدیریت بازرگانی
Objective Consumer-brand relationship is a well-documented phenomenon in marketing and consumer behavior. Relational marketing strategies focus on high customer retention rates, which depend on superior product or service delivery.
Naghmeh Sheibani Moghadam   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sorry vs please, accept my apologies: teaching politeness explicitly to first grade high school students [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Tesis (Profesor de Inglés para la Enseñanza Básica y Media y al grado académico de Licenciado en Educación)The purpose of this project is to determine how can we help students to develop a more native-like performance.
Guzmán Soto, María Paz   +5 more
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How Can a Robot Signal Its Incapability to Perform a Certain Task to Humans in an Acceptable Manner? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
In this paper, a robot that is using politeness to overcome its incapability to serve is presented. The mobile robot “Alex” is interacting with human office colleagues in their environment and delivers messages, phone calls, and companionship.
Aylett, Ruth   +2 more
core   +1 more source

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