Pragmatic failure in the realization of the speech act of responding to compliments among Yemeni EFL undergraduates

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Al-Ghamdi, Namiah Ahmad, Almansoob, Najeeb Taher, Alrefaee, Yasser
• التنسيق: مقال
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14019/1/34484-116065-1-PB.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14019/; http://ejournals.ukm.my/3l/issue/view/1230

The purpose of the present study is to investigate into the possibility of pragmatic failure in the L2 production of Yemeni EFL university learners. It, in particular, tackles the L1 negative pragmatic transfer in the speech act of responding to compliments. The participants of the study are thirt...