Date of Award
2005
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts in English Composition
Department
English
First Advisor
Chen, Rong
Second Advisor
Smith, Wendy
Third Advisor
Hyon, Sunny
Abstract
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.
Recommended Citation
Shih, Ching-Yi, "A study of the interlanguage of apology by Taiwanese English-Language learners" (2005). Theses Digitization Project. 2793.
https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2793