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Abstract
This study investigates how non-native English business professionals execute indirect speech acts, hedging, and politeness strategies compared to native executive expectations.
Using a convergent mixed-methods framework pairing multimodal discourse analysis of negotiations with quantitative executive perception ratings, the project maps zones of pragmatic friction to inform cross-cultural pragmatics theory and business English pedagogy.
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