Exploring the Power of Social Talk in a Foreign Language

ISBN-13: 9781032620282 / Twarda / 2023 / 192 str.

Mexico) Mugford Gerrard (La Universidad de Guadalajara

Opis

This book examines the fundamental interactional dimension to foreign language communication, including the establishment, development, consolidation and maintenance of interpersonal relations.

Spis treści

1. Introduction. 2. Lay and theoretical concepts of phatic talk. 3. Collaborative structured phatic talk. 4. Convergence: Bridging cross-cultural phatic gaps. 5. Critical phatic talk. 6. Critical Pedagogy

O autorze

Gerrard Mugford is a Lecturer in pragmatics, discourse analysis and sociolinguistics at la Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico. His current research interests include im/politeness, foreign-language interpersonal language use and critical pedagogy.