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Politeness in Interlanguage Pragmatics of Complaints by Indonesian Learners of English
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Wijayanto, Agus; Laila, Malikatul; Prasetyarini, Aryati; Susiati, Susiati – English Language Teaching, 2013
Complaint is intrinsically an abusive act which tends to offend the complainees. In spite of this complainers could consider politeness when they still intend to maintain a good relationship with the complainees. This paper investigated politeness strategies involved in complaints relating to different social status levels and social distances.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Interlanguage, Pragmatics