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The discursive accomplishment of normality: On “lingua franca” English and conversation analysis

Alan Firth
- 01 Aug 1996 - 
- Vol. 26, Iss: 2, pp 237-259
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The authors explored a range of issues surrounding the applicability of conversation analytic methodology to lingua franca talk-data and discussed the various methods through which participants do international and discursive work to imbue talk with an orderly and "normal" appearance, in the face of extraordinary, deviant, and sometimes "abnormal" linguistic behaviour.
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This article is published in Journal of Pragmatics.The article was published on 1996-08-01. It has received 909 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: English as a lingua franca & Conversation analysis.

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On Discourse, Communication, and (Some) Fundamental Concepts in SLA Research

TL;DR: The authors argued that SLA research requires a significantly enhanced awareness of the contextual and interactional dimensions of language use, an increased "emic" (i.e., participant-relevant) sensitivity towards fundamental concepts, and the broadening of the traditional SLA data base.
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Handbook of research in second language teaching and learning

Eli Hinkel
TL;DR: This chapter discusses methods and Curricula in Second Language Teaching and Learning, and a model of Academic Literacy for Integrated Language and Content Instruction based on the work of R.A. Snow and S.L. McKay.
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English as a lingua franca

Barbara Seidlhofer
- 01 Oct 2005 - 
TL;DR: English as a lingua franca (ELF) has emerged as a way of referring to communication in English between speakers with different first languages as discussed by the authors, and most ELF interactions take place among non-native speakers of English.
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Closing A Conceptual Gap: The Case For A Description Of English As A Lingua Franca

TL;DR: The authors argue that although this orientation is often recognized as inappropriate and counter-productive, it persists because discussions about global English on the meta-level have not been accompanied by a necessary reorientation in linguistic research: very little empirical work has so far been done on the most extensive contemporary use of English worldwide, namely English as a lingua franca.
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chapter 6 – Some Sequential Negotiations in Conversation: UNEXPANDED AND EXPANDED VERSIONS OF PROJECTED ACTION SEQUENCES*

TL;DR: This chapter discusses the possibility of inquiries into a level of structural organization of conversational interaction for which the intuitions of member conversationalists are foreign.
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Talking for a change: commodity negotiating by telephone

Alan Firth
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the discourse-based work undertaken by commodity traders in their attempts to negotiate mutually acceptable changes to terms and conditions of sale, focusing on the way the negotiations are undertaken by telephone and argued that, though locally and contingently managed; the calls are structured in stable, iterative ways.
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Dividing the Rice: A Microanalysis of the Mediator's Role in a Northern Thai Negotiation.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors apply various analytic techniques, particularly those of conversation analysis and sociolinguistics, to provide a culturally contexted account of a mediation in a Northern Thai village.