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Ugla, Raed Latif; Abidin, Mohamad Jafre Zainol – International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 2016
This study was aimed at exploring apology strategies of English used by Iraqi EFL students, apology strategies in Iraqi Arabic and the pragmatic strategies of Iraqi EFL students in relation to the use of apology as a speech act. The data analyzed in this study were collected in Al-Yarmouk University College and University of Diyala. The study was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Psychological Patterns, English (Second Language)
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Edelman, Ann M.; Renshaw, Steven L. – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 1982
Presents a method of discourse analysis applied to the discrimination of genuine from simulated suicide notes used in previous studies. Reported significant differences among language measures as well as the results of a multiple discriminant analysis using the discourse analysis. A language profile of the suicidal individual is given. (JAC)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Computer Oriented Programs, Discourse Analysis, Letters (Correspondence)
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Shea, B. Christine; Pearson, Judy C. – Communication Monographs, 1986
Indicates that relationship type did not affect the maintenance strategies that partners chose; however, the partners' relationship intent and the sex-composition of the dyad had a significant impact on the selection of directness strategies. Suggests that individuals are not necessarily more likely to select directness strategies than balance or…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Communication Research, Discourse Analysis, Human Relations