Conflict Talk in English as a Lingua Franca: Analyzing Multimodal Resources in Casual Elf Conversations

by Mayu Konakahara

This volume aims to fill two gaps in pragmatic research into English as a lingua franca (ELF): the investigation of conflict talk and the incorporation of a multimodal perspective into the analysis of ELF interactions. To this end, multimodal conversation analysis is used, combined with the perspective of politeness theory. The author shows how interactants use multimodal resources to manage competitive overlaps, disagreement, and third-party complaints...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501517813
• ISBN13: 9781501517815
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"