Pragmatic Strategies

Edimbilim Stratejileri

About this concept

Indirect speech acts, politeness strategies, hedging, and face-saving in Turkish. Cultural norms for requests, refusals, and disagreement.

In Settemila Lingue, this concept generates a practice deck of ~35 cards at level C2.

Acaba bir çay alabilir miyim?Could I possibly get a tea? (hedged request)

Çok isterim ama... (refusal)I'd love to but... (indirect decline)

Yani, şöyle söyleyeyim...Well, let me put it this way...

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