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    An investigation of EFL learner's interlanguage pragmatics in expression of disagreement
    (University of Management and Technology, 2014) Ali Asghar, Samina
    The present study is a survey based cross sectional study of the investigation of EFL learners’ inter-language pragmatics in expression of disagreement. Expressing disagreement is one of those speech acts which are commonly used in every day interaction in every language. However, EFL learners, sometimes face problem in the use of this speech act appropriately which often causes communication breakdown between native speakers of a language and EFL learners. The objectives of the study are: (a) to identify communicative strategies used by EFL learners of Pakistan in English language in showing disagreement; (b) To find out the similarities and differences of politeness strategies used by Pakistani EFL learners and British English speakers in the realization of speech act of disagreement; (c) to identify the extent to which Pakistani EFL learners’ pragmatic competence is towards or away from target language; (d) to reveal the influence of contextual variables on the speakers’ expression of disagreement. The present study was carried out on sample of two hundred speakers i.e. one hundred British English speakers and one hundred Pakistani EFL learners from four universities i.e. University of Glasgow, Glasgow; Institute of Education, London, University of Management and Technology, Lahore and Government College University, Lahore. The data were collected by using discourse completion test. Responses of subjects were classified into five disagreement strategies by applying taxonomy proposed by Muntigl and Turnbull (1998). Moreover, data were analyzed by using model of politeness presented by Brown and Levinson (1987). Descriptive statistics was used to identify pragmatic differences which differentiated behavior of the two groups.