Table 2 The distribution of refusal strategies among three groups over each scenario.

From: How to say “no” in a foreign language: the role of L2 proficiency, power relations, and eliciting acts

Strategies

Request

Offer

+P

=P

+P

=P

EM

NEM

HS

EM

NEM

HS

EM

NEM

HS

EM

NEM

HS

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

I a

0

0.00

1

0.42

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

1

0.64

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

I b1

1

0.32

0

0.00

2

0.93

3

1.42

5

2.79

12

7.69

1

0.40

0

0.00

2

1.12

4

1.72

3

1.58

4

2.67

I b2

29

9.35

13

5.51

20

9.30

14

6.60

19

10.61

23

14.74

9

3.60

24

11.65

47

26.40

22

9.44

20

10.53

12

8.00

Total direct

30

9.7

14

5.9

22

10.2

17

8.0

24

13.4

36

23.1

10

4.0

24

11.7

49

27.5

26

11.2

23

12.1

16

10.7

II a

71

22.90

60

25.42

60

27.91

63

29.72

44

24.58

39

25.00

27

10.80

25

12.14

36

20.22

3

1.29

6

3.16

19

12.67

II b

3

0.97

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

1

0.40

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

II c

78

25.16

74

31.36

65

30.23

55

25.94

60

33.52

36

23.08

69

27.60

58

28.16

28

15.73

19

8.15

23

12.11

19

12.67

II d1

5

1.61

3

1.27

2

0.93

3

1.42

2

1.12

0

0.00

5

2.00

9

4.37

0

0.00

16

6.87

12

6.32

39

26.00

II d2

5

1.61

6

2.54

3

1.40

31

14.62

20

11.17

29

18.59

4

1.60

1

0.49

6

3.37

0

0.00

0

0.00

1

0.67

II e

1

0.32

2

0.85

0

0.00

1

0.47

0

0.00

1

0.64

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

2

0.86

1

0.53

0

0.00

II f

6

1.94

4

1.69

3

1.40

1

0.47

3

1.68

0

0.00

2

0.80

0

0.00

0

0.00

4

1.72

7

3.68

2

1.33

II g

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

2

0.94

1

0.56

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

2

0.86

7

3.68

0

0.00

II h

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

1

0.56

1

0.64

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

1

0.43

0

0.00

0

0.00

II i1

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

1

0.47

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0

1

0.53

0

0.00

II i3

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

4

1.89

3

1.68

1

0.64

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0

0

0.00

2

1.33

II i5

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

30

12.88

23

12.11

5

3.33

II i6

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

II k2

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

1

0.43

0

0.00

0

0.00

II k3

1

0.32

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

1

0.67

II k4

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

1

0.40

1

0.49

0

0.00

1

0.43

1

0.53

0

0.00

II k5

0

0.00

0

0.00

1

0.47

0

0.00

0

0.00

1

0.64

0

0.00

0

0.00

1

0.56

0

0.00

0

0.00

1

0.67

Total indirect

170

54.8

149

63.1

134

62.3

161

75.9

134

74.9

108

69.2

109

43.6

94

45.6

71

39.9

79

33.9

81

42.6

89

59.3

III a

38

12.26

38

16.10

26

12.09

4

1.89

5

2.79

4

2.56

4

1.60

8

3.88

5

2.81

0

0.00

8

4.21

1

0.67

III c

7

2.26

2

0.85

0

0.00

7

3.30

7

3.91

2

1.28

2

0.80

1

0.49

0

0.00

9

3.86

1

0.53

0

0.00

III d

1

0.32

0

0.00

1

0.47

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

87

34.80

56

27.18

26

14.61

94

40.34

63

33.16

39

26.00

III e

41

13.23

19

8.05

23

10.70

14

6.60

1

0.56

4

2.56

32

12.80

19

9.22

21

11.80

22

9.44

12

6.32

3

2.00

III f

23

7.42

14

5.93

9

4.19

9

4.25

8

4.47

2

1.28

6

2.40

4

1.94

6

3.37

3

1.29

2

1.05

2

1.33

Total adjuncts

110

35.5

73

30.9

59

27.4

34

16.0

21

11.7

12

7.7

131

52.4

88

42.7

58

32.6

128

54.9

86

45.3

45

30

Total strategies

310

100

236

100

215

100

212

100

179

100

156

100

250

100

206

100

178

100

233

100

190

100

150

100

Strategies

Suggestion

Invitation

+P

=P

+P

=P

EM

NEM

HS

EM

NEM

HS

EM

NEM

HS

EM

NEM

HS

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

I a

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

1

0.72

0

0.00

0

0.00

1

0.57

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

I b1

3

1.38

2

1.20

7

4.86

11

6.32

9

5.66

11

7.91

3

1.19

7

3.70

2

1.15

4

1.69

1

0.54

3

1.81

I b2

6

2.76

7

4.19

18

12.50

26

14.94

20

12.58

22

15.83

26

10.28

13

6.88

28

16.09

21

8.86

12

6.49

24

14.46

Total direct

9

4.1

9

5.4

25

17.4

37

21.3

29

18.2

34

24.5

29

11.5

20

10.6

31

17.8

25

10.5

13

7.0

27

16.3

II a

10

4.61

10

5.99

17

11.81

4

2.30

16

10.06

12

8.63

28

11.07

35

18.52

35

20.11

39

16.46

42

22.70

39

23.49

II b

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

II c

48

22.12

51

30.54

47

32.64

43

24.71

50

31.45

51

36.69

61

24.11

70

37.04

51

29.31

65

27.43

71

38.38

53

31.93

II d1

2

0.92

0

0.00

0

0.00

6

3.45

5

3.14

1

0.72

6

2.37

0

0.00

0

0.00

1

0.42

4

2.16

1

0.60

II d2

0

0.00

1

0.60

0

0.00

1

0.57

2

1.26

1

0.72

2

0.79

1

0.53

1

0.57

3

1.27

1

0.54

0

0.00

II e

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

1

0.57

0

0.00

0

0.00

1

0.40

0

0.00

0

0.00

2

0.84

0

0.00

1

0.60

II f

14

6.45

16

9.58

3

2.08

8

4.60

5

3.14

2

1.44

2

0.79

3

1.59

1

0.57

12

5.06

8

4.32

5

3.01

II g

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

1

0.63

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

II h

0

0.00

2

1.20

0

0.00

0

0.00

1

0.63

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

II i1

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

II i3

0

0.00

1

0.60

1

0.69

5

2.87

7

4.40

1

0.72

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

II i5

0

0.00

1

0.60

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

II i6

13

5.99

7

4.19

2

1.39

5

2.87

1

0.63

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

II k2

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

II k3

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

1

0.57

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

1

0.42

1

0.54

0

0.00

II k4

1

0.46

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

0

0.00

1

0.42

0

0.00

0

0.00

II k5

0

0.00

0

0.00

3

2.08

0

0.00

0

0.00

2

1.44

0

0.00

0

0.00

3

1.72

0

0.00

0

0.00

1

0.60

Total indirect

88

40.6

89

53.3

73

50.7

74

42.5

88

55.3

70

50.4

100

39.5

109

57.7

91

52.3

124

52.3

127

68.6

100

60.2

III a

28

12.90

27

16.17

8

5.56

9

5.17

9

5.66

6

4.32

45

17.79

33

17.46

18

10.34

17

7.17

18

9.73

17

10.24

III c

10

4.61

1

0.60

0

0.00

6

3.45

1

0.63

0

0.00

8

3.16

1

0.53

1

0.57

9

3.80

3

1.62

0

0.00

III d

47

21.66

27

16.17

24

16.67

37

21.26

25

15.72

25

17.99

31

12.25

12

6.35

14

8.05

33

13.92

15

8.11

15

9.04

III e

25

11.52

9

5.39

14

9.72

5

2.87

2

1.26

2

1.44

23

9.09

7

3.70

15

8.62

11

4.64

5

2.70

4

2.41

III f

10

4.61

5

2.99

0

0.00

6

3.45

5

3.14

2

1.44

17

6.72

7

3.70

4

2.30

18

7.59

4

2.16

3

1.81

Total adjuncts

120

55.3

69

41.3

46

31.9

63

36.2

42

26.4

35

25.2

124

49.0

60

31.7

52

29.9

88

37.1

45

24.3

39

23.5

Total strategies

217

100

167

100

144

100

174

100

159

100

139

100

253

100

189

100

174

100

237

100

185

100

166

100