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Refusals and Communication Style in American English and Egyptian Arabic.

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Nelson, Gayle L.; Al Batal, Mahmoud; El Bakary, Waguida – 1998

This study investigated similarities and differences in Egyptian Arabic and American English refusals, using a modified discourse completion test (DCT) consisting of three requests, three invitations, three offers, and three suggestions. Each situation included one refusal to a person of higher status, one to a person of equal status, and one to a…

Descriptors: Arabic, Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis