Chapter 5 “That’s easy”: An analysis of speech acts in an instance of cross-cultural miscommunication

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Contents VII
4. Chapter 1 An introduction to the weaponizing of language in the classroom and beyond 1
5. Chapter 2 Language weaponization, missed opportunities, and transformational spaces in Bangladeshi English departments: A biographical perspective 13
6. Chapter 3 Flipping the script: A collaborative autoethnography of agency and voices in the weaponization of bilingual education in Taiwan 35
7. Chapter 4 The price we pay: An autobiographical dialogue of linguistic violence in the African diaspora 63
8. Chapter 5 “That’s easy”: An analysis of speech acts in an instance of cross-cultural miscommunication 89
9. Chapter 6 A critical look at ‘Pato’ y ‘Maricón’: Puerto Rican Gay teachers’ interventions with homophobic language 109
10. Chapter 7 The weaponization of Setswana: Implications for marginalized languages in Botswana 127
11. Chapter 8 Using your own language against you: Spanish in U.S. classrooms 147
12. Chapter 9 Banned books in K-12 classrooms: Weaponization of children and young adolescent literature 169
13. Chapter 10 French variations and language weaponization in US higher education 191
14. Chapter 11 Dismantling weaponizing language in teacher preparation programs 213
15. Afterword: Language weaponization and its harm 231
16. Editors 237
17. Contributors 239
18. Index 243