Towards the Pragmatic Core of English for European Communication The Speech Act of Apologising in Selected Euro-Englishes /

• Main Author: Klimczak-Pawlak, Agata (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Second Language Learning and Teaching,
• Subjects: Linguistics.; Applied linguistics.; Language and education.; Applied Linguistics.; Language Education.

English in Europe is not one but many, and substantial differences in the way people from different countries communicate using it may cause misunderstandings. This book shows that, through research into the pragmatic behaviour of  non-native speakers of English from across Europe, it is possible to...

Table of Contents:

• The European Union: culture, identity and languages
• English as a means of communication by non-native Speakers
• Learning English for Intercultural Communication
• Linguistic pragmatic background for the study of the speech act of apologizing: from theory to practice
• Empirical study of the realisation of the speech act of apologizing in Euro-English.