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<p><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(51,51,51);">Since Bernstein’s (1958) preliminary assertions on sociology of&nbsp;education, many linguistic and paralinguistic features have undergone research&nbsp;in light of social class. The present article is aimed at finding the&nbsp;predictability of first language and second language politeness strategy use&nbsp;through social class. To this end, a group of Iranian English learners was&nbsp;administered a social class questionnaire measuring three social class factors&nbsp;along with Persian and English discourse completion tests which included 9&nbsp;scenarios for the three face threatening acts. The findings showed that in both&nbsp;L1 and L2, negative and positive strategies were the most&nbsp;common, while off record and no face threatening act were rarely used. A total&nbsp;make-up of similarities was found between L1 and L2 in&nbsp;the frequency of PSs&nbsp;on&nbsp;the three FTAs. It was also found that educational and behavioral social class&nbsp;factors were respectively high and small predictors of L1 and L2&nbsp;politeness strategies use. The importance of considering social class in&nbsp;pragmatic competence is discussed.</span></p>

Social Class as a Predictor of Pragmatic Competence: An Investigation of L1 and L2 Politeness Strategies Use in Light of Social Class Factors

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