Speech acts composes a big part of language; it is one the bases pragmatics, can be defined as use language to make things happen in world. The aim study investigate strategies speech act criticism Kurdish. One hundred twenty undergraduate native Kurdish speaking students were selected sample for study. different majors, sexes and social classes. Discourse Completion Test (DCT) approach adopted...

This study aims to investigate the apology speech act strategy employed by Japanese language learners at intermediate level and pragmatic transfer from L1 L2 that occurs. The data for this were gathered using Discourse Completion Test (DCT), which examined four situations focusing on relationships with interlocutors. subjects of 53 learners. collected then classified into eight strategies or se...