Refusal strategies used by Malays ESL students and English native speakers to refuse a request

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Saad, Norma, Bidin, Siti Jamilah, Shabdin, Ahmad Affendi
• التنسيق: مقال
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: UUM - UMSIDA 2017
• الموضوعات: PE English
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: http://repo.uum.edu.my/22351/1/ICECRS%201%202016%20253%20266.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/22351/; http://doi.org/10.21070/picecrs.v1i1.609

The present study investigates similarities and differences of a speech act of refusal in English as realized by Malay Speakers of English (MSE) and Native Speakers of English (NSE). The study examined the types and also the contents of the strategies used by the two groups when refusing a request m...