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1) Subject:Looking for works on speech act refusals
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Date: 20 Jan 2010
From:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; white-space: normal; ">Elena Canna <<a href="mailto:elenacanna@hotmail.com">elenacanna@hotmail.com</a>></span>
Subject:Looking for works on speech act refusals
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; white-space: normal; font-family: Verdana; ">Dear all,<div style="text-indent: 0in !important; "><br style="text-indent: 0in !important; "></div><div style="text-indent: 0in !important; ">I am a Ph.D. student and I am investigating the way people say <i style="text-indent: 0in !important; ">no</i> in Arabic Egyptian and in Italian (how they refuse requests, invitations, offers and ideas).</div><div style="text-indent: 0in !important; "><br style="text-indent: 0in !important; "></div><div style="text-indent: 0in !important; ">Besides the article of Gayle Nelson (2002), the one of Stevens Paul (1993) and related bibliography, does anyone know any other work related to this topic?</div><div style="text-indent: 0in !important; "><br style="text-indent: 0in !important; "></div><div style="text-indent: 0in !important; ">I am also searching for works and / or definition of the "concepts of face" related to Arabic language-culture.</div><div style="text-indent: 0in !important; "><br style="text-indent: 0in !important; "></div><div style="text-indent: 0in !important; ">Thank you a lot in advance for your help,</div><div style="text-indent: 0in !important; "><br style="text-indent: 0in !important; "></div><div style="text-indent: 0in !important; ">Sincerly</div><div style="text-indent: 0in !important; "><br style="text-indent: 0in !important; "></div><div style="text-indent: 0in !important; ">Elena Canna</div><div style="text-indent: 0in !important; ">Ph.D. student in Linguistics, Siena (<a href="mailto:elenacanna@hotmail.com" style="text-indent: 0in !important; ">elenacanna@hotmail.com</a>)</div><div><br></div></span>
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