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Sorry is known to be an explicit,routine formulaic expression,being associated with apologizing,one of the speech actsraised by Austin(1962).However,in our daily life sorry can be also used as a pragmatic marker for p...
Dear colleagues and friends,We are extremely sorry to notify that Prof.YU Shen,one of the founding editors of Journal of Thermal Science,also former Executive Chief Editor and Honorary Editor-in-Chief,passed away on 2...
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The author elaborates usage of“I’m sorry”and“Excuse me”,mistakes in using“I’m sorry”and“Excuse me”to reveal the development of students’pragmatic competence and causes for differences of using apologies amo...