Communicating through vague language: a comparative study of L1 and L2 speakers
"Vague language refers to expressions with unspecified meaning (for instance, 'I kind of want that job'), and is an important but often overlooked part of linguistic communication. This book is a comparative study of vague language based on naturally occurring data of a rare combinati...
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| Summary: | "Vague language refers to expressions with unspecified meaning (for instance, 'I kind of want that job'), and is an important but often overlooked part of linguistic communication. This book is a comparative study of vague language based on naturally occurring data of a rare combination: L1 (American) and L2 (Chinese and Persian) speakers in academic settings. The findings indicate that L2 learners have diverse and culturally specific needs for vague language, and generally use vague words in a more concentrated fashion compared with L1s. The book explores the interconnection and continuum between the linguistic realizations of a vague term and the functions it serves, and how 'elasticity' underpins the frequency and functions of vague language. The implication is that vague language may be integrated into the curriculum of English language teaching as part of L2 speakers' communicative competence. This book will be of great interest to researchers in the fields of intercultural education and applied linguistics".. |
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/ SABET, PEYMAN G.P. 1976-
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TABLE OF CONTENTS / INHALTSVERZEICHNIS
1. INTRODUCTION
2. THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS
3. METHODOLOGY
4. LEXICAL ANALYSIS OF VAGUE LANGUAGE
5. PRAGMATIC FUNCTIONS OF VAGUE LANGUAGE
6. GENERAL DISCUSSION
7. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS
DIESES SCHRIFTSTUECK WURDE MASCHINELL ERZEUGT.
Communicating through
Vague Language
A Comparative Study of LI and
L2 Speakers
Peyman G P Sabet and Grace Q Zhang
Curtin University, Australia
palgrave
macmillan
Contents
List of Figures and Tables viii
Acknowledgments x
Transcription Conventions xi
List of Abbreviations xii
1 Introduction 1
1 1 Purpose of the study 2
1 2 Organization 3
2 Theoretical Foundations 4
2 1 Vague language: what is it and why do we need it? 5
2 2 Vague language in different settings 11
2 3 Vague language and education 15
231 Vague language in the classroom 15
232 Vague language in language learning and teaching 17
233 Vague language and learner language 19
2 4 Theoretical frameworks 23
241 Vague language and the cooperath e principle 23
242 Vague language and Relevance Theory 26
243 The elasticity of vague language 29
2 5 Concluding remarks 31
3 Methodology 33
3 1 Three approaches 33
311 Quantitative approach 33
312 Qualitative approach 35
313 Mixed methods approach 38
3 2 Naturally occurring data 41
3 3 Data 42
3 4 Data analysis 44
3 5 Concluding remarks 46
4 Lexical Analysis of Vague Language 47
4 1 Subjectivizers _ 47
411I think 48
412I guess 53
V
vi Contents
413I don t know 54
414I believe 55
4 2 Possibility indicators 58
421 Maybe 59
422 May 63
423 Might 65
424 Probably and possible 66
4 3 Vague quantifiers 69
431 Some 71
432 Much 74
433 Many 75
434A lot of 77
435 Most 77
436 04) few 79
437A little 80
438 Lots of 80
439A lot 80
4 3 10 Majority 81
4 4 Vague intensifiers 84
441 Really 85
442 Very 88
443 Actually 92
444 So 94
445 Too 95
446 Quite 96
4 5 Placeholders 99
451 Something 99
452 Things 102
453 Thing 104
454 Anything 106
455 Someone 107
456 Somebody 108
457 Anybody 109
4 6 Concluding remarks 111
5 Pragmatic Functions of Vague Language 113
5 1 Mitigation 114
511 Self-protection 115
512 Politeness 118
513 Downtoning 123
Contents vii
5 2 Right amount of information 126
521 Quantification 126
522 Emphasizing 129
523 Possibility 132
524 Uncertainty 136
5 3 Structural function 138
531 Repair 139
532 Hesitation 143
533 Turn management 146
5 4 Concluding remarks 149
6 General Discussion 151
6 1 Overall frequency distribution 151
6 2 Clustering patterns 153
6 3 Density of vague language and concentrated distribution 160
6 4 Influence of first language 162
6 5 Influence of cultural protocols 169
6 6 Impact of lack of language proficiency 173
6 7 Impact of cognitive processing focus 175
6 8 Different communicative approaches 178
6 9 The manifestation of elasticity of vague language 181
691 Linguistic elasticity 182
692 Pragmatic elasticity 186
693 Versatility between realizations and functions 187
6 10 Concluding remarks 187
7 Conclusions and Implications 189
7 1 Conclusions 190
7 2 Limitations 194
7 3 Implications 194
7 4 Further research 196
Appendix I: Consent Form for the Director and Teachei v 198
Appendix II: Consent Form for Participants 199
References 200
Subject Index 209
Author Index 211
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| spelling | Sabet, Peyman G.P. 1976- Verfasser aut Communicating through vague language a comparative study of L1 and L2 speakers Peyman G.P. Sabet, Curtin University, Australia ; Grace Q. Zhang, Curtin University, Australia 2015 pages cm txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Vague language refers to expressions with unspecified meaning (for instance, 'I kind of want that job'), and is an important but often overlooked part of linguistic communication. This book is a comparative study of vague language based on naturally occurring data of a rare combination: L1 (American) and L2 (Chinese and Persian) speakers in academic settings. The findings indicate that L2 learners have diverse and culturally specific needs for vague language, and generally use vague words in a more concentrated fashion compared with L1s. The book explores the interconnection and continuum between the linguistic realizations of a vague term and the functions it serves, and how 'elasticity' underpins the frequency and functions of vague language. The implication is that vague language may be integrated into the curriculum of English language teaching as part of L2 speakers' communicative competence. This book will be of great interest to researchers in the fields of intercultural education and applied linguistics".. FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / English as a Second Language bisacsh LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Pragmatics bisacsh LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics bisacsh Linguistik Philosophie Sprache Semantics Vagueness (Philosophy) Ambiguity Language and languages Philosophy FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / English as a Second Language LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Pragmatics LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics Zhang, Grace Qiao Verfasser aut LoC Fremddatenuebernahme application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=028406566&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis HEBIS Datenaustausch application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=028406566&sequence=000003&line_number=0002&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis |
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