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Download full textAlzahrani, Alaa Ahmed – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2020
Numerous studies have attested to the consensus-orientation and cooperative nature of English as a lingua franca (ELF) interactions. However, limited attention has been given to moments of disagreements in ELF communication, with most of the little existing work focusing on disagreements in ELF academic or informal contexts. Consequently, little…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Official Languages, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Sarfo-Kantankah, Kwabena Sarfo – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2019
Using the concepts of apologia, image repair and rhetoric, this paper examines the strategies employed by a former president of the Republic of Ghana to simultaneously maintain his reputation after losing the 2016 Ghanaian general elections and campaign for re-lection as the standard bearer of his party. The paper finds that the former president…
Descriptors: Presidents, Foreign Countries, Reputation, Political Campaigns
Hanafiah, Ridwan; Rantika, Ayu; Yusuf, Muhammad – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2018
This study was aimed at discovering the levels of English-Arabic code-mixing in Islamic boarding school students' daily conversation. This study departs from code-mixing theory in sociolinguistics. Qualitative approach was utilized as the research design. The data were in the form of word, phrase, and clause taken from utterances obtained by…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Islam, Boarding Schools
Kuswoyo, Heri – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
This article looks into the theme--rheme pattern of presidential press conference that can be employed by speakers to organize the text in order to have a texture. Since a message should be conveyed in clause contextually and co-textually. Therefore, the objectives of this study are to analyze and describe the theme-rheme pattern employed in…
Descriptors: Presidents, News Media, Discourse Analysis, Language Patterns
Mostofee, Saheb; Pour, Samane Raeis – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
Socioculturally and sociolinguistically, gender can have a profound effect on learning and teaching English language as a foreign language. Also learning cooperatively in which both female and male students are involved seems to play a constructive role in creating and enhancing students' performance, achievement and competence of a foreign…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Gender Differences
Farnia, Maryam; Sattar, Hiba Qusay Abdul; Mei, Hooi Chee – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2014
Politeness conventions vary across cultures and so is impoliteness and rudeness. In some cases, what is considered rude in one culture or a society is not necessarily rude or impolite in another. This cannot be explained unless more studies on the use of language functions in a specific culture are conducted. The aim of this paper is to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Interpersonal Communication, Interpersonal Relationship
