Speech acts across cultures : challenges to communication in a second language / Susan M. Gass and Joyce Neu, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gass, Susan M.

Neu, Joyce, 1950-

Series:

Studies on language acquisition ; 11.

Studies on language acquisition ; 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Second language acquisition.

Speech acts (Linguistics).

Intercultural communication.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (356 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : M. de Gruyter, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book investigates the notion of Speech Act from a cross-cultural perspective. The starting point for this book is the assumption that speech acts are realized from culture to culture in different ways and that these differences may result in communication difficulties that range from the humorous to the serious. Importantly, a recurring theme in this volume has to do with the need to verify the form, the function and the constraining variables of speech acts as a prerequisite for dealing with them in the classroom. The book deals with three major areas of Speech Act research: 1) Methodological Issues, 2) Speech Acts in a second language, and 3) Applications. In the first section authors discuss general issues of methodology and present data in an effort to detail the efficacy of different methodologies. Research clearly shows the effect of methodology on the results. This section is followed by a discussion of specific speech acts, including speech acts and strategy use that have as their goal the creation and maintenace of solidarity (i.e. greetings, compliments, apologies) and speech acts that involve face-threatening acts (i.e.complaints, favor-asking, suggestions). In the final section, authors consider applications of speech act research within the context of advertising and business relationships.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

Part I. Methodological issues

Investigating the production of speech act sets

Non-native refusals: A methodological perspective

Natural speech act data versus written questionnaire data: How data collection method affects speech act performance

Part II. Speech acts in a second language

Cross-cultural realization of greetings in American English

Egyptian and Anterican contplintents: Focus on second language learners

Politeness strategies in French and English

Transfer and proficiency in interlanguage apologizing

My grade's too low: The speech act set of complaining

Ethnographic interviewing as a research tool in speech act analysis: The case of complaints

Frolll the addressee's perspective: Illlposition in favor-asking

Transfer of pragmatic competence and suggestions in Spanish foreign language learning

Part III. Applications

Suggestions to buy: Television commercials from the U. S., Japan, China, and Korea

Culture, negotiations and international cooperative ventures

Backmatter

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786612345401

9781282345409

1282345400

9783110140828

3110140829

OCLC:

301360815