The major aim of the study is to identify and explain the choice of politeness strategies for refusals in English and Vietnamese in terms of cross cultural interactions. In addition, the second aim is to contribute some suggestions in teaching and learnin
Research purposes: To find out means of refusal acts in English used in the bilingual novel “Gone with the Wind” by Margaret Mitchell and means of refusal acts in Vietnamese used in the bilingual novel “Gone with the Wind” by Margaret Mitchell as well as