Culture-specific and individual affective factors in professional communication

in International Review of Pragmatics
Authors: Robin Anderson 1 and Iga Maria Lehman 2
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  • 0 Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
  • 1 University of Social Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
Online Publication Date:
03 Jan 2019
Volume/Issue:
Volume 11: Issue 1
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/18773109-201810013
Keywords:
lingua franca English; individual affective factors; socio-cultural contexts; professional communication
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Abstract

In this paper we set out to consider the place of the English language in globalised communities. The hegemony, which English enjoys, has ramifications for how it is taught, how and why it is learned and how it is used. We argue that there is a need to consider more socio-cultural and individual factors in the learning and use of English as a lingua franca as these factors constitute crucial aids to successful cross-cultural interactions in professional environments. The latest research on lingua franca English (LFE) (Firth & Wagner, 1997; Kramsch, 2002; Larsen-Freeman, 2002; Block, 2003; House, 2003; Canagarajah, 2006a; Lantolf & Thorne, 2006; Atkinson, Churchill, Nishino & Okada, 2007) confirms our position since it reveals what has always been the experience of multilingual speakers, i.e., “Language learning and use succeed through performance strategies, situational resources, and social negotiations in fluid communicative contexts. Proficiency is therefore practice-based, adaptive, and emergent” (Canagarajah, 2007: 923).

Culture-specific and individual affective factors in professional communication

in International Review of Pragmatics
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Page Count:
56–78
Subjects:
Sociolinguistics, Languages and Linguistics, History of Linguistics & Philosophy of Language, Languages and Linguistics, General, Philosophy
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Copyright 2018 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands. 2018

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