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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 humoro...
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De Gruyter Mouton,
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| Publisher Address: | Berlin ;Boston : |
| Publication Dates: |
[2009] ©2006 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Studies on language acquisition [sola] ;
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| 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. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (356pages). |
| ISBN: | 9783110219289 |
| Index Number: | P118 |
| CLC: | H09 |
| 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 |