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Comparative Studies | Linguistics | Vietnam | Volume 6 Issue 3, March 2017 | Rating: 6.7 / 10

Inviting as Seen from Metapragmatic Perspective in American-Vietnamese Interaction

Duong Bach Nhat ^[6]

Abstract: The article presents the procedure and results of Metapragmatic Questionnaires (MPQ) used in the cross-cultural study on Inviting made by American and Vietnamese people. The procedure of MPQ in the light of Kaspers light [9]and Nguyen Quang [15] and the analysis of the data synthesized has empirically unveiled some substantial aspects of the levels of invitability evaluated by the American (AM) and Vietnamese (VN) informants.

Keywords: Cross-cultural, Metapragmatic Questionnaires, levels of inevitability, topic-advisability

Edition: Volume 6 Issue 3, March 2017,

Pages: 546 - 553