THE SPEECH ACT OF REFUSING INVITATIONS BY THE VIETNAMESE IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF SPEECH ACT THEORY

Authors

  • Vuong Thi Hai Yen Trường ĐH Thủ đô Hà Nội
  • Pham Tuan Doanh Đại học Thủ đô Hà Nội

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51453/2354-1431/2024/1175

Keywords:

The speech act, invitation, the speech act of refusal, the speech act of refusing invitations

Abstract

Like other speech acts in all languages in the world, one of them that occurs with the high frequency is the speech act of invitation and its refusal of invitations in conversations. This article focuses on invitations, declining an invitation and some criteria in identifying the speech act of refusal of invitations by the Vietnamese in the perspective of speech act theory. Besides, the writer also makes differences between this speech act with denial. It enables learners to distinguish the speech act of refusing invitations with other speech acts to improve the effectiveness of efficiency in the communication process.

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Published

2025-01-16

How to Cite

vuong thi hai, yen, & Phạm , D. (2025). THE SPEECH ACT OF REFUSING INVITATIONS BY THE VIETNAMESE IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF SPEECH ACT THEORY. SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL OF TAN TRAO UNIVERSITY, 10(3). https://doi.org/10.51453/2354-1431/2024/1175

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 3 (2024): Scientific Education (English)

Section

Humanities and Social Sciences

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