EXPRESSING FORMULAS OF DIRECT REFUSALS OF OFFERS BY VIETNAMESE
Refusals, like other speech acts, occur in all languages. They are used to express the declination of requests, offers, invitations, and suggestions, etc., in conversations. Refusal is commonly expressed by the Vietnamese through two direct or indirect means of expression, including grammatical stru...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Dalat University
2018-12-01
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Series: | Tạp chí Khoa học Đại học Đà Lạt |
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Online Access: | http://tckh.dlu.edu.vn/index.php/tckhdhdl/article/view/498 |
Summary: | Refusals, like other speech acts, occur in all languages. They are used to express the declination of requests, offers, invitations, and suggestions, etc., in conversations. Refusal is commonly expressed by the Vietnamese through two direct or indirect means of expression, including grammatical structures and semantic formulas. This study focuses on formulas expressing indirect refusals of offers by Vietnamese. |
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ISSN: | 0866-787X 0866-787X |