Speech Acts Across Cultures challenges to communication in a second language
This book investigates the notion of Speech Acts 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 humor...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Mounton de Gruyter
1995
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| Series: | Studies on language acquisition
v.11 |
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Add Tag | Summary: | This book investigates the notion of Speech Acts 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. The book deals with methodological issues, presents data on speech acts as a second language, and the applications of speech act research. |
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| Physical Description: | vi, 350 pages illustrations 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9783110191257 3110191253 |
Linguistic Perspectives on Second Language Acquisition