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ERIC Number: EJ392290
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Sex Differences and Apologies: One Aspect of Communicative Competence.
Holmes, Janet
Applied Linguistics, v10 n2 p194-213 Jun 1989
Discusses how apologies are illuminating sources of information on the sociocultural values of a speech community, including differences between male and female values. These sex differences are examined in the distribution of apologies in order to shed light on the complexities encountered by language learners in acquiring communicative competence. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Competence, Language Styles, Oral Language, Sex Differences, Sociolinguistics
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Speeches/Meeting Papers; Information Analyses; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: New Zealand
Note: Paper presented at a joint seminar of the British and American Associations for Applied Linguistics (Coventry, England, July 8-10, 1988).