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Publication details [#12586]
Goldschmidt, Myra. 1996. From the addressee's perspective: Imposition in favor-asking. In Gass, Susan M. and Joyce Neu, eds. Speech Acts Across Cultures. Challenges to Communication in a Second Language. (Studies on Language Acquisition 11). De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 241–256.
Publication type
Article in book
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Annotation
This article focuses on the favor-asking speech act set and its impact on an addressee in terms of a specific reaction -imposition. The results of a survey amongst U.S. English speakers help to determine how imposed upon people feel when certain favors are asked, and what might be the pedagogical implications for non-native learners.