Iraqi Postgraduates’ Perception And Production Of Requests In English: A Pragmatic Study

The speech act of requesting by Iraqi postgraduates is selected as the unit of analysis because requests often call for strategies of indirection; requests are face-threatening, and the possibility of offending someone is inherent in the act itself (Brown & Levinson, 1987). Some studies have bee...

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Main Author: Sattar, Hiba Qusay Abdul
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Language:English
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spelling my-usm-ep.433002019-04-12T05:26:39Z Iraqi Postgraduates’ Perception And Production Of Requests In English: A Pragmatic Study 2011-02 Sattar, Hiba Qusay Abdul P1-1091 Philology. Linguistics(General) The speech act of requesting by Iraqi postgraduates is selected as the unit of analysis because requests often call for strategies of indirection; requests are face-threatening, and the possibility of offending someone is inherent in the act itself (Brown & Levinson, 1987). Some studies have been conducted on native speakers of Arabic concerned with speech act in general and requests in particular. However, within the Iraqi context, there is no single empirical study that has looked at the specific speech act of requesting by Iraqis in English. Hence, this study fills an existing gap in pragmatic research by looking at Iraqis’ pragmatic ability when perceiving and producing the speech act of requesting. 2011-02 Thesis http://eprints.usm.my/43300/ http://eprints.usm.my/43300/1/HIBA%20QUSAY%20ABDUL%20SATTAR.pdf application/pdf en public phd doctoral Universiti Sains Malaysia Pusat Pengajian Ilmu Kemanusian
institution Universiti Sains Malaysia
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topic P1-1091 Philology
Linguistics(General)
spellingShingle P1-1091 Philology
Linguistics(General)
Sattar, Hiba Qusay Abdul
Iraqi Postgraduates’ Perception And Production Of Requests In English: A Pragmatic Study
description The speech act of requesting by Iraqi postgraduates is selected as the unit of analysis because requests often call for strategies of indirection; requests are face-threatening, and the possibility of offending someone is inherent in the act itself (Brown & Levinson, 1987). Some studies have been conducted on native speakers of Arabic concerned with speech act in general and requests in particular. However, within the Iraqi context, there is no single empirical study that has looked at the specific speech act of requesting by Iraqis in English. Hence, this study fills an existing gap in pragmatic research by looking at Iraqis’ pragmatic ability when perceiving and producing the speech act of requesting.
format Thesis
qualification_name Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.)
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author Sattar, Hiba Qusay Abdul
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title Iraqi Postgraduates’ Perception And Production Of Requests In English: A Pragmatic Study
title_short Iraqi Postgraduates’ Perception And Production Of Requests In English: A Pragmatic Study
title_full Iraqi Postgraduates’ Perception And Production Of Requests In English: A Pragmatic Study
title_fullStr Iraqi Postgraduates’ Perception And Production Of Requests In English: A Pragmatic Study
title_full_unstemmed Iraqi Postgraduates’ Perception And Production Of Requests In English: A Pragmatic Study
title_sort iraqi postgraduates’ perception and production of requests in english: a pragmatic study
granting_institution Universiti Sains Malaysia
granting_department Pusat Pengajian Ilmu Kemanusian
publishDate 2011
url http://eprints.usm.my/43300/1/HIBA%20QUSAY%20ABDUL%20SATTAR.pdf
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