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Download full textChristianson, Kiel – 1994
This paper analyzes a study by Fukushima (1990) of the English offers and responses of Japanese English as a foreign language (EFL) college students and reports on an experiment designed to address the perceived weaknesses of Fukushima's work. Fukushima's study found that many Japanese EFL learners could not use appropriate levels of politeness in…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Awareness
Gass, Susan M., Ed.; Neu, Joyce, Ed. – 1995
Articles on speech acts and intercultural communication include: "Investigating the Production of Speech Act Sets" (Andrew Cohen); "Non-Native Refusals: A Methodological Perspective" (Noel Houck, Susan M. Gass); "Natural Speech Act Data versus Written Questionnaire Data: How Data Collection Method Affects Speech Act…
Descriptors: Advertising, Arabic, Contrastive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis
Peer reviewedKamimura, Taeko; Oi, Kyoko – World Englishes, 1998
A study examined differences in argumentative strategies in Japanese and American English by analyzing English essays on capital punishment written by 22 American high school seniors and 30 Japanese college sophomores. Differences were found in the organizational patterns, content and use of rational appeals, preference for type of diction, and…
Descriptors: College Students, Contrastive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language)
