Indirectness in English requests among Malay university students

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Indirectness in English requests among Malay university students

Communication serves as the main medium to connect human beings so that they can live in harmony. There are numerous ways to communicate effectively, and one of them is by making polite requests. Adopting the Discourse Completion Test (DCT), 40 questionnaires were distributed to 40 respondents from...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Mohd Khalib, Farahnaz, Tayeh, Asma
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2014
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48143/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48143/1/48143.pdf

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