@article { author = {Majid, Salar and Rasheed, Baida’a}, title = {}, journal = {Journal of Garmian University}, volume = {6}, number = {4}, pages = {294-311}, year = {2020}, publisher = {University of Garmian}, issn = {23100087}, eissn = {25223879}, doi = {10.24271/jug.1964024}, abstract = {}, keywords = {}, title_ku = {A Socio-pragmatic Study of External Request Modification in Kurdish Language}, abstract_ku = {the main aim of this study is to figure out whether Kurdish male and female subjects use external modification devices in request with similar percentage. Moreover, this study is an attempt to find out the effect of social factors such as the social status of participants, and the social distance between the subjects on the choice of a certain external modification device than the other. Discourse completion Tests (DCTs) which consisted of (12) situations are employed to elicit the data from 40 Kurdish participants. The translated version of the questionnaire employed in this study, which was translated by the researches to Kurdish Language, is adopted from Reiter(2000). The participants were postgraduate and undergraduate Kurdish students at the University of Garmian which consisted of 10 female and 10 male undergraduate students and 10 male and 10 female postgraduate students. The responses are categorized and analysed within the coding scheme developed by Blum-Kulka, House, and Kasper (1989). The result revealed that Kurdish female participants use most of the chosen external modification more than Kurdish Male ones.  Regarding the effect of social variables, it has been shown that both Kurdish men and women inclined toward using more external modification in situations where they had less dominant role than the requesters. Moreover, both Kurdish men and women were found to incline towards using the external modification with their request when they addressed strangers.    Limitations and implications are highlighted}, keywords_ku = {External Request Modification,Request Modification,Request Speech act,Socio-Pragmatic study}, url = {https://jgu.garmian.edu.krd/article_102154.html}, eprint = {https://jgu.garmian.edu.krd/article_102154_a0df127e78565e6d48be7ae4a606d5cc.pdf} }