Conflict Talk in English as a Lingua Franca: Analyzing Multimodal Resources in Casual ELF Conversations

by Mayu Konakahara

Overview

This volume aims to fill two gaps in pragmatic research into English as a lingua franca (ELF): the investigation of conflict talk and the incorporation of a multimodal perspective into the analysis of ELF interactions. To this end, multimodal conversation analysis is used, combined with the perspective of politeness theory. The author shows how interactants use multimodal resources to manage competitive overlaps, disagreement, and third-party complaints in casual ELF conversations among friends. In doing so, the notion of cooperativeness is re-examined, and the appropriateness of an intercultural approach to analyzing multimodal resources in ELF interactions is demonstrated.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781501512889
Publisher:	De Gruyter
Publication date:	05/08/2023
Series:	Developments in English as a Lingua Franca [DELF] , #15
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	2 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Mayu Konakahara, Kanda University of International Studies, Chiba, Japan.