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Download full textLinnell, Julian; And Others – Working Papers in Educational Linguistics, 1992
In this study, the performance of apologies among 20 non-native speakers (NNSs) of English and 20 native speakers (NSs) of English was examined. Two questions were addressed: How did NNSs' apologies compare with NSs' in identical situations? What relationship existed between the performance of apologies by NNSs and Test of English as a Foreign…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Interpersonal Competence
