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Second Language Acquisition of Turkish
Edited by Ayşe Gürel
[Language Acquisition and Language Disorders 59] 2016
► pp. 221–248

Explicit apologies in L2 Turkish

| Middle East Technical University
This study provides quantitative and qualitative analyses of explicit expressions of apology in second language (L2) Turkish. L2 data from native Arabic and Russian speakers are compared with remedial acts used by native Turkish speakers in the same situations. Findings reveal that even after spending a considerable amount of time in the target language community, L2 learners still deviate significantly from native speaker norms and face the risk of encountering communication breakdowns.
Keywords: apologies, Arabic, interlanguage pragmatics, L2 Turkish, Russian, study abroad context
Published online: 25 May 2016
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https://doi.org/10.1075/lald.59.09hat
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