Morteza Rashidi Ashjerdi

[ 1 ] - Gendered Communication in Iranian University Classrooms: The Relationship between Politeness and Silence in Persian Culture

This study examined naturally-occurring university classroom interactions at Iranian universities and provided an analysis of silence patterns as politeness strategies used by male and female students. Since empirical studies of silence in classroom settings are scarce, this paper aimed to explain such phenomena using participant interviews, classroom observation and detailed discourse analysis...