Acta Linguistica Hungarica
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Volume 52: Issue 1
Apology routine formulae in Hungarian
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Małgorzata Suszczyńska University of Szeged, Institute of English and American Studies Egyetem utca 2., H-6722 Szeged, Hungary

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Pages:
77–116
Online Publication Date:
19 Sep 2005
Publication Date:
01 May 2005
Article Category:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1556/aling.52.2005.1.4
Keywords:
cross-cultural pragmatics; cross-cultural pragmatics; sociopragmatics; apology; repair work; politeness gender
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This paper describes the forms and functions of Hungarian apology routine formulae (RF) used by Hungarian adults in a written Discourse Completion Test. Five apology RF types are identified, their choices being influenced by such factors as the offence type and its severity, the social role of the interlocutor and the offender's gender. Two main apology RF types, Ne haragudj `Don't be angry' and Elnézést `Excuse me' are shown to perform complementary communicative functions of restoring harmony in familiar vs. unfamiliar settings. Gender differences in the use of RF types present on various levels of analysis demonstrate that males and females choose different ways to restore social harmony and may attach importance to different aspects of the context.

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