Speech Act Of Apology In The Cross-Cultural Comparative Aspect
Table 1:
| Means of formalizing of the speech act of apology | Frequency in Russian | Frequency in English | Frequency in French | |
| Conventional language means | Imperative | 7% | 54% | 52% |
| Performative | 3% | 8% | 9% | |
| Conventional speech means | 8% | 32% | 34% | |
| Unconventional speech means | 12% | 6% | 5% | |