The discursive accomplishment of normality: On ‘lingua franca’ English and conversation analysis

Firth, Alan

doi:10.1016/0378-2166(96)00014-8

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“…Identity displays involve the use of resources that identify a particular group and that are not known to others outside the group, while intelligibility presumes the use of shared and 'knownin-common' (Firth 1996) resources. This tension is reflected in IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS in ELF (Pitzl 2009;Seidlhofer 2009c).…”

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Review of developments in research into English as a lingua franca

2011

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We begin by considering how the recent phenomenon of English as a Lingua Franca (henceforth ELF) fits in with the older notion of lingua francas in general as well as with older versions of ELF. We then explore the beginnings of ELF in its modern manifestation, including the earliest ELF research, and tackle the thorny issue of defining ELF. After discussing the main locations and domains in which ELF research has been carried out to date, we move on to examining research into three linguistic levels, lexicogrammar, phonology and pragmatics, concluding with a discussion of very recent findings revealing ELF's linguistic fluidity. Next, we discuss research into two domains where ELF has proved especially prevalent: business English and academic English. This is followed by a consideration of ELF as a globalized and globalizing practice. We end the article by exploring the implications of ELF research for ELF-oriented English teaching and the role that attitudes are likely to play in this. We conclude that while the relaxed attitudes towards ELF of younger people are promising, strong resistance is still felt by many others, and that the major challenge remains in convincing the examination boards that they should take account of ELF.

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Section: Pragmaticsmentioning

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Review of developments in research into English as a lingua franca

2011

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“…A. Firth (1996) conceptualised the "let it pass" principle. This is a strategy employed by the hearer who chooses not to express his incomprehension in the hope of piecing together a sense during the exchange.…”

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“…A. Firth (1996) also explains that English speakers have a tendency to make the interlocutor's talk appear "normal" when it is not. The hearer thus helps the interlocutor construct his discourse without drawing attention to the fact that it is not correctly formulated.…”

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Requests for Help in a Multilingual Professional Environment Testimonies and Actantial Models

Lejot

2017

Open Linguistics

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Professional multilingual environments using English as a lingua franca are prone to imbalances in communication, linguistic insecurity and rising tension. Non-native English speakers develop avoidance strategies in order to lessen their apprehension. To overcome these imbalances, this research aims to understand the relationships formed around languages focusing on the dynamics of integration and the requests for help. Guided by the actantial models of Greimas (1966), this qualitative study employs semiolinguistics and discourse analysis, including 19 narrative interviews with employees of Airbus and UNESCO in Hamburg, Germany in 2013. This methodology draws on actors connected through relationships of power and/or collaboration. The actantial models applied seek linguistic input through designational paradigms, shifters and modal occurrences. The actantial models illustrate how a good language competence provides a better understanding of one's direct as well as passive environment. The learning process is shown to be a conduit to integration. The actantial model and discourse analysis shed light on the complex situation of multilingual communication settings by highlighting the influence of individuals' linguistic skills. As a matter of fact, depending on the role of each individual in a given situation, lending a helping hand sometimes equates to upsetting the balance.

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“…O texto congramatical e conclui que, em seus dados (falantes nativos e não-nativos de finlandês), nem todos os problemas gramaticais eram corrigidos pelo falante nativo, havendo alguns ambientes seqüenciais que propiciam a correção encaixada e outros a correção exposta, sendo essa também observação de Firth (1996), que analisou interações telefônicas entre falantes de diversas línguas maternas que interagem em inglês.…”

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Reparo iniciado e levado a cabo pelo outro na conversa cotidiana em português do Brasil

Garcez

Loder

2005

DELTA

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This is a research report on other-initiated other-repair in ordinary conversation conducted in Brazilian Portuguese. With the aim of investigating whether the organization of this repair trajectory in Brazilian Portuguese interaction matches that described for conversationalists interacting in North-American English, 15 hours of interaction were analyzed within the framework of Conversation Analysis. Despite minor differences in some practices, the trajectory is found to be as dispreferred in this corpus as it is in English interaction. Additionally, it was observed that the repaired participant is constrained to acknowledge the repair movement on his/her prior turn.

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The discursive accomplishment of normality: On ‘lingua franca’ English and conversation analysis

Cited by 850 publications

References 12 publications

Review of developments in research into English as a lingua franca

Review of developments in research into English as a lingua franca

Requests for Help in a Multilingual Professional Environment Testimonies and Actantial Models

Reparo iniciado e levado a cabo pelo outro na conversa cotidiana em português do Brasil

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