TYPES OF RESPONSE UTTERANCES TO INVITATION SPEECH ACTS IN THE VIETNAMESE LANGUAGE

Abstract

Conversation is one of the most common forms of verbal communication. In this communication form, all types of speech acts are represented fully and explicitly, including invitation–response acts, because these speech acts are related to face, psychology, and cultural-social characteristics. The Vietnamese have many different ways, some of which have become conventional, to respond to invitations. This article will examine the types of response utterances to invitations, the interlacing in response utterances to invitations, and the expression of politeness of response acts to invitations in the Vietnamese language.