Parents are supposed to be responsible for the education of their children. However, other sources information participate in this challenging mission. Technological advancements, media, friends, and schoolmates have a significant effect on how our sons think or behave. Hence, it becomes crucial parents consider approach deal with them. The way give instructions concerning daily routines educat...

Background: Several studies in interlanguage pragmatics have reported Russian directive speech acts to take a particular position within the dimensions of linguistic politeness and (in)directness, when compared some Germanic Romance languages extensively studied this framework.Purpose study: The present paper aimed investigate role language specific cues requests by examining their perception n...

Abstract International business is increasingly conducted through the medium of English as a Business Lingua Franca (BELF). Yet, little known about interactional strategies in BELF, specifically internal written communications. Our study turns to this hitherto less explored area and investigates one most important speech acts context workplace communication, i.e. requests. The data under come f...

A stranger in the pub bumps into you spilling your drink and then doesn't apologize, or someone pushes past to grab a seat on train. colleague makes dismissive remark about work front of boss. man catcalls woman street, wears T-shirt declaring, “keep calm, watch lesbians.” One reaction affronts like these is take offense. Philosophers have said great deal causing offense, especially whether we ...

We present data on aggression-related outcomes for participants in the Kingston YMCA Youth Development Programme. This program is designed to provide at-risk, lowincome males ages 14-17 in urban Kingston, Jamaica with intensive remedial education, social skills training, and personal development over three to four years. Two samples of youth were included: (a) 180 males, 125 of whom were curren...