Teaching - English Language, Other Languages, Ethnic & Race Relations - General, Language & Linguistics, Communications - General & Miscellaneous, Pragmatics & Discourse Analysis, Applied Linguistics, English Language Reference - General & Miscellaneous
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Overview
The authors study and describe refusal sequences as exemplified through the verbal and nonverbal strategies of a group of Japanese learners of English as they negotiate their way through a complete refusal interaction. Considered are the non-native speakers' verbal and nonverbal behavior and their language and nonverbal actions both when they are the primary speaker and when they are listening. The authors infer how the on-line behaviors manifested by the non-native speakers and their interlocutors may play a role in both the successful performance of a face-threatening act and the acquisition of pragmatic competence. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, ORBook Details
Published
April 28, 1999
Publisher
Berlin ; Mouton de Gruyter, 1999.
Pages
264
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9783110163872