English As a Lingua Franca among Adolescents : Transcultural Pragmatics in a German-Tanzanian School Setting.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beuter, Katharina.

Series:

Developments in English As a Lingua Franca [DELF] Series

Developments in English As a Lingua Franca [DELF] Series ; v.18

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (298 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin/Boston : De Gruyter, Inc., 2023.

Summary:

This series welcomes book proposals detailing innovative and cutting edge research and theorisation in the field of English as a lingua franca (ELF). The purpose of the series is to offer a wide forum for work on ELF, including aspects such as descriptions and analyses of ELF; ELF use in a range of domains including education (primary, secondary and tertiary), business, tourism; conceptual works challenging current assumptions about English use and usage; works exploring the implications of ELF for English language policy, pedagogy, and practice; and ELF in relation to global multilingualism.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgements

List of figures, maps and tables

List of abbreviations

Part I: Theoretical, empirical and methodological foundations

1 Introduction

2 Language and culture in English as a Lingua Franca

3 ELF pragmatics and interactional linguistics

4 Methods and data

Part II: Communicative aims and interactional strategies

5 Communicative aims in TeenELF

6 The use of repetitions in TeenELF

7 Repair strategies in TeenELF

8 The speech act of complimenting in TeenELF

9 Laughter and humour in TeenELF

10 Translanguaging in TeenELF

Part III: Discussion

11 Summary and critical reflection

12 Implications of linguistic findings for language teaching

13 Outlook

Appendices

Appendix A Transcription key and sample transcript

Appendix B Fieldwork material

Appendix C Cross-corpus comparisons

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Beuter, Katharina English As a Lingua Franca among Adolescents

ISBN:

9783110786576

3110786575

OCLC:

1385452501