Inviting as Seen from Metapragmatic Perspective in American-Vietnamese Interaction

Duong Bach Nhat

Abstract: The article presents the procedure and results of Metapragmatic Questionnaires (MPQ) used in the cross-cultural study on Inviting made by American and Vietnamese people. The procedure of MPQ in the light of Kaspers light [9]and Nguyen Quang [15] and the analysis of the data synthesized has empirically unveiled some substantial aspects of the levels of invitability evaluated by the American (AM) and Vietnamese (VN) informants.

Keywords: Cross-cultural, Metapragmatic Questionnaires, levels of inevitability, topic-advisability