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(IM)Politeness in Speech Act Production: Native Speaker's and EFL Learners' Perceptions and Criteria
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Tajeddin, Ziaeddin (Supervisor) ; Alemi, Minoo (Co-Advisor)
Abstract
Scholars in the field of pragmatics consistently argue about the inadequacy of research on the concept of impoliteness. Compared to politeness, which was the focus of most investigations, the phenomenon of impoliteness has been greatly neglected. It is a truism that learning a language involves both politeness and impoliteness concepts of that language. Regarding this fact, researchers must pay greater attention to alleviate the imbalance between politeness and impoliteness studies. The current study is an attempt to investigate the criteria of (im)politeness as they were specified by two groups of English native speakers and Iranian EFL learners. Seventy-five native English speakers and 177...