Abstract:The current study adopts a dialogue-analytic approach to the examination of complaint behavior in Saudi Arabic as
spoken in the Najd region, the central region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. To this end, role-plays with 120 Saudi nationals who
are Najdi-speakers were recorded and transcribed. Statistical comparisons revealed that Najdis used a variety of complaint
strategies with requests for repair, expressing annoyance and providing modified blame … Show more
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