This book is concerned with one of the most salient communicative developments of the 21st century: the increasing use of English as a lingua franca (ELF) as a means of international business communication. Adopting an interactional approach, this volume analyzes the use of ELF in two international business meetings, focusing on how miscommunication is interactionally managed and resolved among ELF speakers in these contexts. The theoretical sections offer a critical examination of different linguistic approaches to miscommunication and propose an ELF perspective on miscommunication which...