Perception of politeness in English requests by Thai EFL learners

Requesting someone to do something that is beneficial to the speaker but costly to the hearer, involves the use of politeness strategies. The present study aims to investigate to what extent Thai EFL learners differ from native speakers of English in the use of politeness strategies and if there is...

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Main Author: Boonjeera Chiravate
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM 2011
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3220/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3220/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3220/1/8-Boonjeera_Chiravate.pdf