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A Study Of The Interlanguage Of Apology By Taiwanese English-Language Learners, Ching-Yi Shih Jan 2005

A Study Of The Interlanguage Of Apology By Taiwanese English-Language Learners, Ching-Yi Shih

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This thesis presents a study of the interlanguage of the speech act of apology by Taiwanese learners of English. It compares the way Taiwanese learners apoologize in English and how they apologize in Mandarin Chinese, as well as how native speakers of American English apologize.