Ethnic Categorization in Interviews in English as a Lingua Franca

ISBN-13: 9783631649947 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 204 str.

Agnieszka Nowicka

Opis

The book investigates the in situ organization of ethnic and racial categorization in interviews in English as a lingua franca. It proposes the combined ethnomethodological and conversation analytic approach. The analysis shows the socially preferred and dispreferred ways of negotiating ethnic and racial identity categories.

Spis treści

English as a lingua franca - Intercultural communication - Ethnomethodology - Conversation analysis - Membership categorization analysis - Interviews - Ethnic and racial categorization - Negotiation of ethnic identity categories - Macro and micro context - Social identity category - Preference structure

O autorze

Agnieszka Nowicka is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Applied Linguistics at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland. Her research focuses on ethnomethodology, conversation analysis, membership categorization analysis, communication in English as a lingua franca, English and Polish media discourse and teaching and learning English as a foreign language.