Mandana Kolahdouz Mohamadi - Ph.D. candidate in general linguistics, Department of English Language and Literature, science and research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran Instructor at Payame oor University (P U) (Shabestar Branch)
Soheil Rouzbeh - Ph.D. candidate in general linguistics, Department of English Language and Literature, science and research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

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.

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