This paper argues that proper construction of condolence messages can help to mitigate
misunderstandings and prevent good intentions from being misinterpreted. It also aims to …

Speech acts include a wide range of functional units such as apologies, requests,
compliments, invitations and so on. It is believed that being able to say the right thing to the …

This research attempts to investigate the condolence strategies used by Arab native
speakers (L1) towards a Hebrew (L2) native speaker in Hebrew (L2). Analysis of these …

Among the various speech acts, an under-investigated one is condolence speech act. The
present study sought to investigate the verbal strategies of expressing condolence used by …

This study aims to identify strategies in condolence expressions and explain the effect of
power and distance on the choice of condolences strategies used by 20 Indonesian …

In the wake of tragic events such as the 'Paris Attacks of 2015', the expression of
condolences through e-messages has become a common way for individuals to offer …

Expressing condolences is among the least frequently explored expressive speech acts.
Just like the other speech acts, it is culture specific, ie its realizations vary from culture to …

This paper aims to examine the ethnic variations of condolence messages written by
Malaysians. Data comprise 36 authentic SMS condolence messages written in English by …

In spite of its prevalence in Iranian Persian-speaking communities, the issue of self-sacrifice
expressions as a culture-specific verbal behavior has remained almost ignored in the …

Research studies concerning pragmatic acquisition by students have established that
pragmatic nonconformity or deviation in the execution of speech acts, among which is" …