Power and disagreement: Insights into Japanese learners of English
Author(s)
Walkinshaw, I
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2007
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This paper reports on a study of disagreement strategies used by Japanese learners of English (JLEs) studying at language schools in New Zealand. The study stemmed from an observation that JLEs were unwilling to express disagreements in exchanges with high-power (+P) interlocutors, possibly due to the threat of face-loss and the consequences of offending a +P interlocutor.This paper reports on a study of disagreement strategies used by Japanese learners of English (JLEs) studying at language schools in New Zealand. The study stemmed from an observation that JLEs were unwilling to express disagreements in exchanges with high-power (+P) interlocutors, possibly due to the threat of face-loss and the consequences of offending a +P interlocutor.
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Journal Title
RELC Journal
Volume
38
Issue
3
Subject
Curriculum and pedagogy
Discourse and pragmatics