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Record ID marc_loc_2016/BooksAll.2016.part42.utf8:61344927:2648
Source Library of Congress
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LEADER: 02648cam a22003738i 4500
001 2015018336
003 DLC
005 20150630143038.0
008 150626s2015 enk 000 0 eng
010 $a 2015018336
020 $a9781137486370 (hardback)
040 $aDLC$beng$erda$cDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aP325$b.S123 2015
082 00 $a401/.43$223
084 $aFOR007000$aLAN009030$aLAN009050$2bisacsh
100 1 $aSabet, Peyman G.P.,$d1976-
245 10 $aCommunicating through vague language :$ba comparative study of L1 and L2 speakers /$cPeyman G.P. Sabet, Curtin University, Australia ; Grace Q. Zhang, Curtin University, Australia.
263 $a1509
264 1 $aHoundmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;$aNew York :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c[2015]
300 $apages cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"Vague language refers to expressions with unspecified meaning (for instance, 'I kind of want that job'), and is an important but often overlooked part of linguistic communication. This book is a comparative study of vague language based on naturally occurring data of a rare combination: L1 (American) and L2 (Chinese and Persian) speakers in academic settings. The findings indicate that L2 learners have diverse and culturally specific needs for vague language, and generally use vague words in a more concentrated fashion compared with L1s. The book explores the interconnection and continuum between the linguistic realizations of a vague term and the functions it serves, and how 'elasticity' underpins the frequency and functions of vague language. The implication is that vague language may be integrated into the curriculum of English language teaching as part of L2 speakers' communicative competence. This book will be of great interest to researchers in the fields of intercultural education and applied linguistics"--$cProvided by publisher.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Theoretical Foundations -- 3. Methodology -- 4. Lexical Analysis of Vague Language -- 5. Pragmatic Functions of Vague Language -- 6. General Discussion -- 7. Conclusions and Implications.
650 0 $aSemantics.
650 0 $aVagueness (Philosophy)
650 0 $aAmbiguity.
650 0 $aLanguage and languages$xPhilosophy.
650 7 $aFOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / English as a Second Language.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aLANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Pragmatics.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aLANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics.$2bisacsh
700 1 $aZhang, Grace Qiao,$eauthor.