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                               A Study of Turkish and English Refusal Speech
                               Acts with a Secondary Examination for Bi-
                               Directional Language Transferrals
                               Morgan Jerome Moody
                               Minnesota State University - Mankato
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          A study of Turkish and English refusal speech acts with a secondary examination 
                     for bi-directional language transferrals. 
                               
                               
                               
                             By 
                               
                          Morgan J. Moody 
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                   A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the  
                               
                      Requirements for the Degree of 
                               
                         Master of Arts: English 
                               
                              In 
                               
                               
                               
                  Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) 
                               
                               
                               
                               
           
                               
                               
                     Minnesota State University, Mankato 
                               
                         Mankato, Minnesota 
                               
                            July 2011 
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          A study of Turkish and English refusal speech acts with a secondary examination 
                     for bi-directional language transferrals. 
           
          Morgan Moody 
           
           
           
          This thesis has been examined and approved by the following members of the 
          thesis committee. 
           
           
           
                                                   
                                     Dr. Nancy Drescher, chair 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                 Jessica Schomberg, second reader 
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
           
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                          Table of Contents 
          Chapter I: Introduction .................................................................................................................... 1 
           Conclusion .................................................................................................................................... 9 
          Chapter II: Review of the Literature .............................................................................................. 11 
           High versus low context language ............................................................................................. 12 
           Transferrals ................................................................................................................................ 13 
           Pragmatic failures ...................................................................................................................... 15 
           Speech Act Theory ..................................................................................................................... 18 
           Refusals ...................................................................................................................................... 19 
            How status affects refusals. ................................................................................................... 26 
            Face and politeness. ............................................................................................................... 28 
           The pragmatics of refusal speech acts ....................................................................................... 30 
           Comparative Studies .................................................................................................................. 31 
          Chapter III: Methodology ............................................................................................................... 39 
           Participants ................................................................................................................................ 39 
           Materials and Methods .............................................................................................................. 41 
              DCT Administration .................................................................................................................... 44 
              Data Analysis .............................................................................................................................. 45 
              Classification of Refusals (Table 3.1) .......................................................................................... 47 
              Conclusion .................................................................................................................................. 49 
          Chapter IV: Results ......................................................................................................................... 50 
              Macro-view of content ............................................................................................................... 51 
            Requests. ................................................................................................................................ 51 
            Invitations. ............................................................................................................................. 51 
            Offers. .................................................................................................................................... 52 
            Suggestions. ........................................................................................................................... 52 
           Effects of Status ......................................................................................................................... 53 
            Invitations. ............................................................................................................................. 56 
            Offers. .................................................................................................................................... 58