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- The Cambridge Handbook of Intercultural Pragmatics
- Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics
- The Cambridge Handbook of Intercultural Pragmatics
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgment
- Contributors
- Introduction The Rise of Intercultural Pragmatics
- Part I Theoretical Foundation
- Part II Key Issues in Intercultural Pragmatics Research
- 5 The Cultural, Contextual, and Computational Dimensions of Common Ground
- 6 Role of Context
- 7 (Mis/Non)Understanding in Intercultural Interactions
- 8 Creativity and Idiomaticity in Intercultural Interactions
- 9 Metaphors in Intercultural Communication
- 10 Common Ground in Linguistic Theory and Internet Pragmatics: Forms of Dynamic Multicultural Interaction
- 11 Vague Language from a Pragmatic Perspective
- 12 Humor in Intercultural Interactions
- 13 Emotion in Intercultural Interactions
- 14 Research Methods in Intercultural Pragmatics
- Part III Interface of Intercultural Pragmatics and Related Disciplines
- Part IV Intercultural Pragmatics in Different Types of Communication
- Part V Language Learning
- Index
- References
7 - (Mis/Non)Understanding in Intercultural Interactions
from Part II - Key Issues in Intercultural Pragmatics Research
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 September 2022
- The Cambridge Handbook of Intercultural Pragmatics
- Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics
- The Cambridge Handbook of Intercultural Pragmatics
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgment
- Contributors
- Introduction The Rise of Intercultural Pragmatics
- Part I Theoretical Foundation
- Part II Key Issues in Intercultural Pragmatics Research
- 5 The Cultural, Contextual, and Computational Dimensions of Common Ground
- 6 Role of Context
- 7 (Mis/Non)Understanding in Intercultural Interactions
- 8 Creativity and Idiomaticity in Intercultural Interactions
- 9 Metaphors in Intercultural Communication
- 10 Common Ground in Linguistic Theory and Internet Pragmatics: Forms of Dynamic Multicultural Interaction
- 11 Vague Language from a Pragmatic Perspective
- 12 Humor in Intercultural Interactions
- 13 Emotion in Intercultural Interactions
- 14 Research Methods in Intercultural Pragmatics
- Part III Interface of Intercultural Pragmatics and Related Disciplines
- Part IV Intercultural Pragmatics in Different Types of Communication
- Part V Language Learning
- Index
- References
Summary
Intercultural interactions in English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) are increasingly becoming the norm as speakers of diverse first languages and cultures find themselves needing to communicate in both personal and professional domains for any number of reasons. The chapter provides an overview of ELF pragmatics research that is focused on how multilingual, multicultural speakers in real-world settings achieve mutual understanding through the effective use of ELF. Specifically, the chapter examines the pragmatic strategies that speakers deploy to preempt misunderstanding as they conjointly negotiate and construct shared meaning. Practices that enhance explicitness and clarity, such as repetition, rephrasing, topic negotiation, and the insertion of a parenthetical remark that provides additional information, reveal how speakers who anticipate difficulty in understanding, possibly arising from linguistic variability and cultural difference, increase efforts to minimize mis/non-understanding. Using data extracts from relevant ELF studies, the chapter illustrates how speakers in these intercultural interactions accommodate their interlocutors and the context of communication to arrive at shared understanding.
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- The Cambridge Handbook of Intercultural Pragmatics , pp. 164 - 186Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022