Book contents
- English as a Lingua Franca
- English as a Lingua Franca
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 The Nature of English as a Lingua Franca
- 2 Linguistic Creativity in ELF
- 3 Interactional Competence
- 4 Sociocultural Background Knowledge
- 5 Speaker’s Intention
- 6 The Semantics–Pragmatics Interface
- 7 Implicatures
- 8 Modality
- 9 Dialogic Sequences and Odd Structures
- Epilogue
- References
- Index
1 - The Nature of English as a Lingua Franca
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 November 2019
- English as a Lingua Franca
- English as a Lingua Franca
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 The Nature of English as a Lingua Franca
- 2 Linguistic Creativity in ELF
- 3 Interactional Competence
- 4 Sociocultural Background Knowledge
- 5 Speaker’s Intention
- 6 The Semantics–Pragmatics Interface
- 7 Implicatures
- 8 Modality
- 9 Dialogic Sequences and Odd Structures
- Epilogue
- References
- Index
Summary
First language is defined and ELF is related to the definition. Then the intracultural–intercultural continuum is explained. After that variables that affect movement on the continuum are discussed. These variables include proficiency, preferred ways of saying things and preferred ways of organizing thoughts, common ground, intersubjectivity and context-sensitivity.
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