Exploring Gender Differences in the Use of Politeness Strategies in Requests and Refusals - The Case of Algerian Students at Université 8 Mai 1945 Guelma

Abstract

 This paper aims to explore whether there are gender differences in the use of politeness strategies in performing requests and refusals with accounts of social power, rank of imposition, and social distance. It adopts a descriptive quantitative approach and uses a Written Discourse Completion Test on a sample of 44 male and female students at 8 May 1945 University – Guelma.