Author

Ching-Yi Shih

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.

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