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Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education

Table 3 Frequency and percentage of congratulation strategies of BritE, PESL/E, PESL/M and PESL/L

From: A pragmatic study of congratulation strategies of Pakistani ESL learners and British English speakers

Sr No

CRs

BritE

PESL/E

PESL/M

PESL/L

Freq

%

Freq

%

Freq

%

Freq

%

1

IFID

30

17

28

16

50

28

52

29

2

RFI

25

14

16

9

3

2

11

6

3

OoGW

45

25

45

25

16

9

12

9

4

EOH

20

11

17

9

17

9

17

9

5

EOS

6

3

6

3

7

4

8

4

6

EOV

10

5

10

5

10

5

5

3

7

EOE

6

3

9

5

9

5

5

3

8

SOC

9

5

9

5

9

5

9

5

9

UoE

12

6

20

11

19

11

17

9

10

Overlapped

17

19

20

11

40

22

40

22

Total

 

180

100

180

100

180

100

180

100

  1. %, percentage value of the responses; RFI, Request for information; IFID, Illocutionary force indicating a device; OOGW,Offer of a good wish; EOH, Expression of happiness; EOV, Expression of validation; EOS,Expression of surprise; EOE,Expression of envy; SOC, Suggestion of celebration
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