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The Realization of Apology Strategies Among Persian Males

Author(s) -

Mohsen Shahrokhi,

Jariah Mohd Jan

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

procedia - social and behavioral sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 1877-0428

DOI - 10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.05.183

Subject(s) - persian , realization (probability) , categorization , speech act , psychology , test (biology) , linguistics , social psychology , relation (database) , power (physics) , computer science , statistics , mathematics , data mining , philosophy , paleontology , physics , quantum mechanics , biology

This study investigates the realization of apology speech act by Persian male native speakers to categorize and formulate the apology strategies employed in their interactions in various social contexts. It explores the effect of power, distance and severity of offence on the realization patterns of apology speech acts to highlight Persian males’ linguistic choice. The data was collected through the administration of a Discourse Completion Test and a questionnaire. The study reveals the availability of some of the universal apology strategies in Persian and a culture-specific apology strategy used by Persian men that is situation-dependent in relation to contextual variables

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