NEGOTIATING ETHNIC DESCRIPTIONS IN ENGLISH AS A LINGUA FRANCA
NEGOTIATING ETHNIC DESCRIPTIONS IN ENGLISH AS A LINGUA FRANCA
Author(s): Agnieszka NowickaSubject(s): Cultural Essay, Political Essay, Societal Essay
Published by: Editura Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara / Diacritic Timisoara
Keywords: English as a lingua franca; ethnic categorization; ethnomethodology; interaction; intercultural interaction; membership categorization analysis
Summary/Abstract: The main aim of the paper is to show: first, how the descriptions of the ethnic other are realized in interactions in English as a lingua franca and next, how they influence the course of an interaction and the mutual relationship of interaction participants. Conversation analysis framework is used to observe social categorization process in data fragments illustrating the problem.
Journal: B.A.S. British and American Studies
- Issue Year: 2009
- Issue No: 15
- Page Range: 253-267
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English