A politeness strategy in expressing sympathy by American and Vietnamese speakers.

• Main Author: Tạ, Thị Thanh Hiền
• Other Authors: Tran, Huu Manh
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: University of Languages and International Studies 2017
• Subjects: Tiếng Anh; Người mỹ; Người Việt; Giao tiếp; Chiến lược lịch sự
• Online Access: http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/40029
• Institution: Vietnam National University, Hanoi

This study investigates the politeness strategies employed by American and Vietnamese native speakers expressing sympathy. It attempts to seek what politeness strategies Vietnamese and American speakers use in expressing sympathy, and then how Vietnamese teachers and learners should acquire politene...