英语非本族语者间商务交际适应的语用研究

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1、英语非本族语者间商务交际适应的语用研究----英语范文论文-->CHAPTERONEINTRODUCTION1.1IntroductionAstheaniaaroundtheberofpeoplecanspeakEnglishtosomelevelofpetence.Specifically,thereissuchashiftintheuseofEnglishthatnon-nativespeakers(NNSs),thoseunicationhaveetooutnumberitsnativespeakers(NSs)duringt

2、helasttatesthatby2060NNSsberNSsby50%.Thishaspromptednon-native/non-native(NN/NN)Englishinteractions‘turningintoamajortopicalfieldofresearch.berofmultinationalsmakingEnglishtheircorporateofficiallanguage,NNSsneedafullunderstandingofthemunicativestrategiesusedinNN/NNinte

3、ractionsiftheyost,themunicationacmodation.ForalongtimeNNSshavebeen―belittled‖asimitatorsofNSs(Flege,Bohn,andJang,1997).Hoentofaninteractionalapproachoreonsuccessfulmunicationdifferentbackgroundsthroughvariousmunicativestrategies.Amongthesestrategiesanimportantoneismuni

4、cationacmodation.Byacmodativestrategies,peoplechangetheirmunicativebehaviortotheirinterlocutors.Previousstudies,unicationacmodationbutationstrategies,ormorenarrofocusedonNN/NNacmodationinbusinessinteractions.Thereby,thepresentstudyodativestrategiesutilizedinthespecific

5、context—NN/NNbusinessinteractions.........................1.2RationaleofthepresentstudyThisstudy,fromapragmaticperspective,isconductedtosortoutthe -->;acmodativestrategiesemployedbyNNSsinbusinessmunication.Onthisbasis,thepaperintendstofigureouthoajorreasons:First,i

6、nternationalbusinesspracticecallsforsuchresearch.Foronething,NN/NNinteractionsareplayingincreasinglyimportantpartintheinternationalbusinessorenon-Englishbusinessmenaredoingbusinessunicativethoseusedbynativespeakers.Foranother,acmodationskillsareoneoftheimportantskillsi

7、nsuccessfulinternationalbusinessinteractions(GerritsenandNickerson,2009;KankaanrantaandLouhiala-Salminen,2010,2013).Second,thoughacmodationinNN/NNmunicationhasreceivedsomeattention,itisstillinitsinfancy.Relevantliteraturehasshoostly―hidden‖inresearchesofEnglishasaLingu

8、aFranca(ELF).Ontheonehand,somescholarsdefineELFtobeEnglishusedamongNNSsintheirstudies(Firth,1990;Meierkord,2000;Sucho