Original scientific article
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On apologizing in Persian: A socio-cultural inquiry

Amin Karimnia
E-mail: aminkarimnia@yahoo.com
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1312-6249
aIslamic Azad University, Fasa Branch

Akbar Afghari
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1312-6249
Islamic Azad University, Khorasgan Branch
Abstract: The present study attempts to outline the degree and type of use of apology strategies in Per-sian and elaborate on the socio- cultural attitudes and values of this community. The infor-mants were 330...
Original scientific article
Page 461 - 473

The American academic novel and English for academic purposes

Jadranka Zlomislić
E-mail: jzlomislic@ffos.hr
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4007-1877
Filozofski fakultet u Osijeku

Suzana Režić
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4007-1877
Filozofski fakultet u Osijeku
Abstract: This study focuses on American academic fiction, with special emphasis on increasing the students’ vocabulary as well as knowledge and understanding of the American culture. Although American academic...
Original scientific article
Page 445 - 459

Patterns of dispreferred verbal disagreement in dialogues from American and Serbian films

Olga Panić-Kavgić
E-mail: olgapk@sbb.rs
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3136-2990
Sveučilište u Novom Sadu
Abstract: Starting from the definition of verbal disagreement as a dispreferred second turn in a conversation, this paper aims at establishing the predominant patterns of such comments and answers found in a se...