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Requests and Apologies: A Cross-Cultural Study of Speech Act Realization Patterns (CCSARP)1

BLUM-KULKA, S., OLSHTAIN, E.·1984·Applied Linguistics

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SHOSHANA BLUM-KULKA, ELITE OLSHTAIN; Requests and Apologies: A Cross-Cultural Study of Speech Act Realization Patterns (CCSARP)1, Applied Linguistics, Volu

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Chapter 2. Linguistic resources used for coding participation roles
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Index
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Prelim pages
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Table of contents
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List of tables
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Chapter 9. Language- and culture-specific shaping of interactional practices
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Acknowledgements
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References
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Chapter 7. Repair
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Chapter 1. Preliminaries
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Chapter 8. Epistemics
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Chapter 3. Linguistic resources used for coding membership categories
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Abbreviations
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Chapter 6. Turn-taking
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List of figures
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Chapter 5. Nonverbal resources deployed by participants in interaction
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Chapter 4. Organization of focused encounters
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References
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Subject index
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Prelim pages
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Appendix A. Email production questionnaires
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Acknowledgements
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Conclusion
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The form of threats
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Threatening
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Index
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List of tables
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List of tables
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Appendix C. Frequency of external modifiers in refusals
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Discussion and conclusion
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Appendix B. Frequency of external modifiers in requests
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References
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List of figures
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Results
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Prelim pages
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Abbreviations
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List of figures
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Data & methodology
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Results
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Methodology
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Acknowledgements
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Appendix
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Table of contents
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Introduction
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The function of threats
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Authors: BLUM-KULKA, S., & OLSHTAIN, E.
Affiliations: Tel Aviv University (IL)
ORCID: OLSHTAIN, E.
Venue: Applied Linguistics
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published: 1984-03-01
Volume: 5
Issue: 3
Pages: 196-213
ISSN: 0142-6001 (ISSN-L)
1477-450X
DOI: 10.1093/applin/5.3.196
OpenAlex: W2009497647
Semantic Scholar: e7cd5f7d359d1521ffe4a811773667f6b8042536
Cited by: 1,242
References: 15
Citations by year: 2026: 46 · 2025: 53 · 2024: 58 · 2023: 85 · 2022: 70 · 2021: 92 · 2020: 85 · 2019: 72 · 2018: 93 · 2017: 86 · 2016: 58 · 2015: 66 · 2014: 71 · 2013: 45 · 2012: 40
FWCI: 42.90
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Applied Linguistics (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › Linguistics and Language Analysis
Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
Social Sciences › Linguistics and Language › Discourse Analysis in Language Studies
Keywords: requests, apology, speech act realization, cross-cultural pragmatics, politeness, speech acts

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