Publications
Publication details [#46170]
Hong, Wei. 2007. Effects of cultural background of college students on apology strategies. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 189 : 149–163.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Place, Publisher
De Gruyter
Journal WWW
Annotation
This study explores how college students' cultural backgrounds and course attendance policies affect students' e-mail apology strategies written in English. It is concluded that the great difference in apology strategy choice is due to sociopragmatic and cultural factors.