The pragmatics of advice giving: Cross-cultural perspectives

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This article presents the results of our investigation into the giving of advice by native and non-native speakers of American English. Our data indicate that there are important pragmatic di¤erences between how native speakers and non-native speakers in the United States o¤ered advice, regardless of the non-native speakers’ English proficiency. Research such as this underscores the need to provide language learners with an awareness that pragmatic behaviors di¤er across cultures.

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