The gentle craft of saying “No” in Persian and English: A cross-cultural and cross-linguistic slant
Bahareh Kordestanchi,
Mehdi Sarkhosh,
Fatemeh Moafian
Abstract:Refusals have proven to be problematic since they are the source of so many cross-cultural misunderstandings in that they are face threatening acts, which require that the speaker utilize redress, mitigation or politeness markers. The present study’s goal was to investigate the realization of the speech act of refusal in the Iranians and Americans contexts to identify the similarities and differences. It also explored the effect of social status on the choice of refusal strategies. Two well-known popular famil… Show more
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