Research on the effectiveness of request instruction in L2 pragmatics has been extensive,
yet inconclusive. The present meta-analysis aims not only to provide a quantitative and …

Scientific writing presents a set of rhetorical strategies to effectively express mitigation of
claims. Critical analysis includes epistemic modality and evidentiality within these …

The current thesis contributes to the existing literature on politeness research and teaching
English as a second language (TESOL) by investigating requests and apologies as …

Recent research in interlanguage pragmatics (ILP) has substantiated that some aspects of
pragmatics are amenable to instruction in the second or foreign language classroom …

Several studies have indicated that the range and linguistics expressions of external
modifiers available in one language differ from those available in another language. The …

The significance of producing socially appropriate utterances, not just linguistically correct
ones, has given rise to a plethora of studies on speech acts. In this regard, the performance …

The research literature in interlanguage pragmatics now comprises a wealth of studies
which have addressed the pragmalinguistic and sociopragmatic aspects of second …

This study examines one type of directives—requests—and analyses the (socio-) pragmatic
variation in two socio-cultural contexts—ie Persian and American—with regards to …

In an era of growing internationalization, requesting—a demand made by a requester asking
a favor of another person (Nelson et al 2002)--has played a vital role in cross-cultural …

In the Sultanate of Oman, English is highly required by the educational institutions and the
job market. However, research has revealed that university graduates suffer from lack of …