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Zhu, Weihua – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2017
Little research has focused on extended concurrent speech, unexpected floor taking, or topic switching, since it has been deemed rare (Schegloff 2000. "Overlapping talk and the organization of turn-taking for conversation." "Language in Society" 29(1). 1-63.) or inappropriate (Goldberg 1990." Interrupting the discourse on…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Usage, Communities of Practice, Interviews
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Negretti, Raffaella; Garcia-Yeste, Miguel – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2015
Research on the role of language in multilingual workplaces, where English is often adopted as a lingua franca (ELF), shows that language practices influence socialization and interpersonal communication, frequently creating issues such as asymmetrical sharing of information, language clusters, or thin communication. Similarly to other…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Work Environment