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" Gender-Based Differences in the Realization of the Speech Act of Refusal in Saudi Arabic "
Alrashoodi, Saud Ahmed
Morkus, Nader
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Latin Dissertation
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English
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1107239
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TLpq2437383987
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Alrashoodi, Saud Ahmed
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Morkus, Nader
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Gender-Based Differences in the Realization of the Speech Act of Refusal in Saudi Arabic\ Alrashoodi, Saud AhmedMorkus, Nader
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Indiana University
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2020
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2020
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Ph.D.
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155
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The research looks at refusal strategies in Saudi Arabic, with an emphasis on the influence of gender and social status on speech act behavior. The main objective of the research is to establish whether or not females and males in Saudi Arabia vary when requests are denied. The current study investigates the differences between Saudi females and males' refusals of requests extended by a person of higher, equal, and lower status. The goal is to discover any gender-based differences in the way speakers modify their refusal strategies based on interlocutor status. The analysis will mainly focus on the degree of directness as well as the frequency of words produced, and the frequency, order, and content of strategies. The Discourse Completion Test (DCTs) was used to collect the data. The DCTs were performed orally by the participants and were audio-recorded with the participants' permission. The spoken DCTs consisted of three situations of refusals to requests that were created by Beebe, Takahashi, and Uliss-Weltz’s (1990). The first situation requires a refusal to a request made by a person of lower status. In comparison, the second situation requires a refusal to a request made by a person of equal status, while the third situation requires a refusal to a request made by a person of a higher status. After each situation, the participants were asked to respond orally as if they were in a real-life interaction. Results show that there were differences between the Saudi females and males regarding the degree of directness, the total of words produced, the frequency of strategies, the order of strategies, and the content of strategies.
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Linguistics
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Near Eastern studies
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Sociolinguistics
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