Communicating through Vague Language

A Comparative Study of L1 and L2 Speakers

Peyman G.P. Sabet, Grace Q. Zhang (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

213 Seiten

2015 | 1st ed. 2015
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-137-48637-0 (ISBN)

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This book is a comparative study of vague language based on naturally occurring data of L1 and L2 speakers in academic settings. It explores how L2 learners have diverse and culturally specific needs for vague language compared with L1s, and are generally vaguer.

Peyman Sabet teaches ESL at Curtin University, Australia. He has taught sociolinguistics, and research methodology at Curtin University, and EFL, linguistics, teaching methodology and research methodology to undergraduate students of TEFL in Iran. His research interests include vague/elastic language and teacher education. Grace Zhang is an Associate Professor at Curtin University, Australia. She has published extensively on vague/elastic language, including books and numerous journal articles. Her most recent book is Elastic Language: How and Why We Stretch Our Words.

1. Introduction
2. Theoretical Foundations
3. Methodology
4. Lexical Analysis of Vague Language
5. Pragmatic Functions of Vague Language
6. General Discussion
7. Conclusions and Implications

Zusatzinfo	XII, 213 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Germanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
	Naturwissenschaften
ISBN-10	1-137-48637-6 / 1137486376
ISBN-13	978-1-137-48637-0 / 9781137486370
Zustand	Neuware