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Negotiating politeness practices and interpersonal connections in L2 Japanese : insights from study abroad narratives
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McConachy, Troy and Fujino, Hanako (2022) Negotiating politeness practices and interpersonal connections in L2 Japanese : insights from study abroad narratives. In: McConachy, Troy and Liddicoat, Anthony J., (eds.) Teaching and learning second language pragmatics for intercultural understanding. Routledge Studies in Language and Intercultural Communication . New York, NY: Routledge. ISBN 9780367555788
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003094128-2
Abstract
One of the main challenges and opportunities for language learners in a study abroad context is learning to navigate the routines of L2 social interactions and politeness practices necessary for establishing oneself as a legitimate social actor and forming meaningful interpersonal connections. This can be particularly difficult when there is significant divergence between learners’ self-presentation strategies and understandings of politeness associated with their existing languages and those that are prevalent in the new cultural environment. This chapter reports on a study examining the ways in which L2 Japanese learners enrolled at UK universities made sense of their experiences of politeness within the context of forming interpersonal connections during study abroad in Japan. It presents narrative accounts based on interviews with university students who studied at a partner institution in Japan for 9–12 months. Analysis focuses on the ways that learners not only attempted to understand the cultural significance of politeness forms according to contextual norms but also actively incorporated their knowledge of other languages and cultures into their developing understandings of politeness.
Item Type: | Book Item | ||||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Applied Linguistics | ||||||||
Series Name: | Routledge Studies in Language and Intercultural Communication | ||||||||
Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||||
Place of Publication: | New York, NY | ||||||||
ISBN: | 9780367555788 | ||||||||
Book Title: | Teaching and learning second language pragmatics for intercultural understanding | ||||||||
Editor: | McConachy, Troy and Liddicoat, Anthony J. | ||||||||
Official Date: | 2022 | ||||||||
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Number of Pages: | 248 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.4324/9781003094128-2 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Copyright Holders: | © 2022 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 11 June 2021 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 30 May 2023 | ||||||||
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