Effects of Sex and Culture on the Apology Performance of Native English Speakers and Learners

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nosratirad, Elaheh, author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (375 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Summary:

This text is an original empirical study which contributes to the knowledge and scholarship in the fields of variational, interlanguage and cross-cultural pragmatics on a number of important levels. It highlights the potential influence of individual, regional and contextual variations, on the language use of native speakers and pragmatic performance of English as a Foreign Language learners, arguing that factors such as gender (operationalised via sex, e.g., female and male) and native culture should be considered in one single study. The book discusses the complexity of the influence of gender on language use, given that its influence may manifest in different ways in different cultures and contexts.

ISBN:

1-5275-0203-1