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Bieswanger, Markus – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2015
In 2005, Klaus P. Schneider published a fascinating article with the title "'No problem, you're welcome, anytime': Responding to thanks in Ireland, England, and the U.S.A." Adopting the then emerging and now established framework of variational pragmatics, Schneider's pioneering paper presents the results of a study on differences…
Descriptors: Language Variation, Pragmatics, English, Task Analysis
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Bloomquist, Jennifer – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2009
At one time, academic inquiries into the relationship between socioeconomic class and language acquisition were commonplace, but the past 20 years have seen a decrease in work that focuses on the intersection between class and early language learning. Recently, however, against the backdrop of the No Child Left Behind legislation in the United…
Descriptors: Language Variation, Federal Legislation, Morphemes, Academic Achievement