Realization of the speech act of refusals among Malay ESL students

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Saad, Norma, Bidin, Siti Jamilah, Shabdin, Ahmad Affendi
• التنسيق: مقال
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: UUM Press 2021
• الموضوعات: LB Theory and practice of education
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/29062/1/JPS%2024%202021%2027-52.pdf; https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/29062/

Refusing to participate in an action is a negative response that might lead to a dispute and jeopardise the connection between the hearer and the speaker. To avoid the conflict that may arise when a speaker must decline a request, the speaker must offer an acceptable refusal and adjust to the positi...