Researching Sociopragmatic Variability
Perspectives from Variational, Interlanguage and Contrastive Pragmatics
Published on 29. September 2015
XI, 305 pages
978-1-137-37395-3 (ISBN)
Description
Researching Sociopragmatic Variability showcases a range of research approaches to the study of speech acts and pragmatic markers across different languages and varieties of a language, investigating native and non-native usages and variation across gender, situation and addressee.
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Series
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
XI, 305 p.
File size
2,70 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-137-37395-3 (9781137373953)
DOI
10.1057/9781137373953
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K. Beeching | H. Woodfield
Researching Sociopragmatic Variability
Perspectives from Variational, Interlanguage and Contrastive Pragmatics
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Palgrave Macmillan
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Persons
Karin Aijmer, Gothenberg University, Sweden
María Jesus Barros García, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA
Kate Beeching, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
Juliette Delahaie, Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense, France
César Félix-Brasdefer, Indiana University, USA
Lisa N. Fink, Indiana University, USA
Chih-Ying Lin, Feng Chia University, Taiwan
Patricia Pullin, University of Applied Sciences, Vaud, Switzerland
Jennifer Quah Xiao Min, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
Wei Ren, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, China
Marina Terkourafi, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA
Helen Woodfield, University of Bristol, UK
Qun Zheng, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Content
1. Introduction; Kate Beeching and Helen Woodfield PART I: VARIATIONAL PRAGMATICS 2. Pragmalinguistic and Gender Variation in U.S. Café Service Encounters; Lisa N. Fink and J. César Félix-Brasdefer 3. The Role of Gender in Taiwan and Mainland Chinese Compliments; Chih-Ying Lin 4. Sociopragmatic Variation in Mainland and Taiwan Chinese Refusals; Wei Ren 5. Revisiting You Know Using the BNC WebQuery System: A Sociopragmatic Analysis; Qun Zheng 6. Compliment Responses Among Malaysian Multilinguals; Jennifer Quah Xiao Min PART II: INTERLANGUAGE PRAGMATICS 7. Sociopragmatic Variation in Native Speakers' and ESL Learners' Requests; Helen Woodfield 8. Variability in Native and Non-native Use of Pragmatic Markers: The Example of Well in Role Play Data; Kate Beeching PART III: CONTRASTIVE PRAGMATICS 9. Well in an English-Swedish and English-French Contrastive Perspective; Karin Aijmer 10. Combining Self-report and Role-play Data in Sociopragmatics Research: Towards a Methodological Synthesis; María Jesus Barros García and Marina Terkourafi PART IV: SOCIOPRAGMATIC COMPETENCE AND THE LANGUAGE CLASSROOM 11. Sociopragmatic Competence in FFL Language Teaching: Towards a Principled Approach to Teaching Discourse Markers in FFL; Juliette Delahaie 12. The Application of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) Research Findings to the Teaching of Pragmatic Competence; Patricia Pullin
