Bo Yan

In intercultural communication, foreign language learners may produce pragmatic failures due to the inappropriate use of politeness expressions, even if they possess a high level of grammatical and lexical competence. Chinese, Russian, and Uzbek differ significantly in their socio-cultural backgrounds, politeness norms, and models of speech behavior. Therefore, speakers of these languages often encounter intercultural pragmatic deviations in the use of forms of address, requests, expressions of gratitude, and responses to gratitude. A systematic analysis of pragmatic failures in these three la...