Pragmatics in English as a Lingua Franca : : Findings and Developments / / ed. by Ian Walkinshaw.

This volume addresses two current gaps in pragmatics research in English as a lingua franca (ELF): Firstly, the contexts, approaches and theories of pragmatics generally that remain under-explored in studies of ELF speakers; secondly, the paucity of ELF pragmatics studies investigating Asia, despite...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2022 Part 1
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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Developments in English as a Lingua Franca [DELF] , 14
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Physical Description:1 online resource (XI, 239 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • Notational conventions
  • Contributors
  • Findings and developments in ELF pragmatics research: An introduction
  • Part 1: Developments in ELF pragmatic theory
  • Accommodation in ELF: Where from? Where now? Where next?
  • Pragmatic strategies in ELF communication: Key findings and a way forward
  • From cross to inter to trans – *cultural pragmatics on the move: The need for expanding methodologies in lingua franca research
  • (Im)politeness in video-mediated first conversations amongst speakers of English as a lingua franca
  • Part 2: Pragmalinguistic studies in English as a lingua franca
  • The pragmatics of other-initiated repair in ELF interactions among Southeast Asians
  • Pragmatic strategies of Asian ELF users in institutional settings
  • Interjections in spoken ELF interactions
  • Part 3: Sociopragmatic studies in English as a lingua franca
  • ‘You’re very rich, right?’: Personal finance as an (in)appropriate or (im)polite conversational topic among Asian ELF users
  • From SLA pragmatics to ELF pragmatics: (Re)conceptualising norms of appropriateness
  • Unpacking pragmatic norms of Chinese speakers of English for English as a lingua franca (ELF) communication
  • Where to now? Future directions in ELF pragmatics research
  • Index