SPEECH ACT OF APOLOGY AS USED BY IRAQI EFL LEARNERS

Abstract

Apologizing is considered to be one of the highly complex speech acts as it differs cross-culturally and very often prone to misunderstandings. This study represents an attempt at investigating the act of apologizing using subjects from two different proficiency levels of English to find out if there are any similarities and differences between these groups and if they come close to native speaker norms in using the speech act of apology.

Keywords

apology, groups