De-escalation—A Cultural-Linguistic View on Military English and Military Conflicts

Abstract

The theoretical gaps and pedagogical challenges for Military English are still immense, as there seems to be little permeability between this field of ESP and other areas of applied linguistics. This chapter tried to identify some of these gaps and challenges and took a first step to make this boundary more permeable. In particular, a cultural-linguistically informed EIL-perspective was proposed that could serve as viable model for intercultural understanding (not only) in military contexts and a pedagogical approach to conflict reduction. In turn, this chapter attempted to widen the range of applicability of CL in yet another area of human interaction, literally a vital one. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved)