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Demystifying Refusal Speech Acts in Pragmatics and Discourse Analysis

"Refusal speech acts occur when a speaker rejects an invitation, offer, request, or suggestion made by an interlocutor. In pragmatics, executing this dispreferred response requires balancing social distance, power dynamics, and politeness to minimize face-threatening impacts and maintain harmonious interpersonal relationships across diverse communicative contexts. Foundations of Speech Act Theory and the Refusal Construct To understand refusal speech acts, one must first examine the broader theoretical framework established within linguistic pragmatics. Speech act theory, initially pioneered by philosopher J.L. Austin and later expanded by Joh..."

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