Different speech acts such as apologies, refusals, compliments, complaints and invitations
have been studied and differences between English and Persian have been shown …

This study intends to conduct a contrastive analysis between English and Persian with
regard to suggestion speech act. To this end, some Iranian university students were asked to …

The purpose of this study is to investigate the dynamic factors influencing willingness to
communicate (WTC) in an English as a foreign language (EFL) classroom in Iran at a private …

A large number of research studies have been carried out focusing on the role of anxiety in
the process of English language learners⿿ development. However, the multifaceted nature …

The present study sets out to examine the realisation of the speech act of expressing
sympathy in Persian, which, notwithstanding its significant communicative role, has not …

Considering lack of research in communication style in Persian and drawing upon Tannen's
conversational style theory (1984), this study aimed at investigating the degree of …

This study investigates the type of mitigation devices employed by Persian and American
native speakers in refusal interactions in a number of formal/informal situations. Twentytwo …

This study focuses on the Iranian exaggerated politeness system called “taarof”. It
investigates Iranians' attitudes toward taarof use as well as some features of taarof …

This study examined naturally-occurring university classroom interactions at Iranian
universities and provided an analysis of silence patterns as politeness strategies used by …

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