A Contrastive Cross- Cultural Study on Apologizing Speech Acts among Persian, Turkish and English ative Speakers

Various researches and studies in different languages have revealed that despite the shared underlying elements, politeness is realized differently across cultures. This study examines the apology expression strategies used by 15 PNSs, 15 TNSs and 15 ENSs (n=45). A five- situation Discourse- Completion Test was used to collect the data for the purpose of identifying potential similarities and differences in the use of (and response to) politeness strategies between Persian native speakers, Turkish native speakers, English native speakers. The study results showed that similar politeness strategies have varying frequencies and realizations among three sample groups.

Keywords:

Apologies , Cross-Cultural , Politeness Strategies , Persian , Turkish , English , Native Speaker