The Speech Act of Thanking as a Compliment Response as used by the Arab Speakers of English a Comparative Intercultural Study

Type:

Thesis

Year:

2009

Students:

Sana' Mohammed Ibrahim Al Khateeb

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Abstract:

This pragmatic study investigated the speech act of thanking as a compliment response as used by non-native speakers of English. The study is an attempt to find whether different cultural backgrounds, specializations, levels of evaluation and the gender of the speakers affect their use of the speech act of thanking as a compliment response.

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The Speech Act of Thanking as a Compliment Response as used by the Arab Speakers of English a Comparative Intercultural Study