Publications

Publication details [#53608]

Hendriks, Berna. 2010. An experimental study of native speaker perceptions of non-native request modification in e-mails in English. Intercultural Pragmatics 7 (2) : 211–255.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

e-mail communication | L2-acquisition | native speaker | politeness | request

Language as a subject

English

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/IPRG/html

Annotation

This study reveals that the underuse of request modification in e-mails written by Dutch learners of English had a negative impact on native English speakers' assessment of the personality of the e-mail sender.