Pragmatics in English as a Lingua Franca: Findings and Developments

Abstract

This series welcomes book proposals detailing innovative and cutting edge research and theorisation in the field of English as a lingua franca (ELF). The purpose of the series is to offer a wide forum for work on ELF, including aspects such as descriptions and analyses of ELF; ELF use in a range of domains including education (primary, secondary and tertiary), business, tourism; conceptual works challenging current assumptions about English use and usage; works exploring the implications of ELF for English language policy, pedagogy, and practice; and ELF in relation to global multilingualism. Findings and developments in ELF pragmatics research : an introduction / Ian Walkinshaw -- Accommodation in ELF : Where from? Where now? Where next? / Jennifer Jenkins -- Pragmatic strategies in ELF communication : key findings and a way forward / Jagdish Kaur -- From cross to inter to trans -- *cultural pragmatics on the move : the need for expanding methodologies in lingua franca research / Marie-Luise Pitzl -- (Im)politeness in video-mediated first conversations amongst speakers of English as a lingua franca / Michael Haugh -- The pragmatics of other-initiated repair in ELF interactions among Southeast Asians / Christine Lewis and David Deterding -- Pragmatic strategies of Asian ELF users in institutional settings / Ke Ji -- Interjections in spoken ELF interactions / Alan Thompson -- 'You're very rich, right?' : personal finance as an (in)appropriate or (im)polite conversational topic among Asian ELF users / Ian Walkinshaw, Grace Yue Qi and Todd Milford -- From SLA pragmatics to ELF pragmatics: (Re)conceptualising norms of appropriateness / Naoko Taguchi -- Unpacking pragmatic norms of Chinese speakers of English for English as a lingua franca (ELF) communication / Zhichang Xu -- Where to now? : future directions in ELF pragmatics research / Ian Walkinshaw and Andy Kirkpatrick.