Gender and request expressions in Persian

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The present study was carried out to see if the conversational patterns concerning “requests” differ among male and female university students. For this purpose, 35 male and 52 female students in the Azad University of Sari were asked to respond to a questionnaire constructed for the study. The results showed significant difference between the request expressions used by male and female students. According to the results, female students were more polite and conservative in formulating request expressions and using them in different situations.

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Language and Linguistics
Volume 5, Issue 9 - Serial Number 9
April 2009
Pages 125-136

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