“Maybe just things we grew up with”: linguistic and cultural hybridity in ELF couple talk
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Svitlana Klötzl
Svitlana Klötzl is currently a doctoral student at the English Department of the University of Vienna. She studied English and Russian at the Precarpathian University in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine. She worked as an English teacher at secondary schools, State University of Oil and Gas, and Institute of Law, Economics and Building in Ivano-Frankivsk for 13 years. Her research interests are applied linguistics, discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, and English as a lingua franca.
Abstract
This paper investigates the use of ELF in interactions between people in a romantic relationship (couples) and explores to what extent cultural factors are involved in the process of establishing and maintaining intimacy through ELF, with the main focus on the hybrid forms in their talk. The data (audio recordings of domestic ELF interactions, questionnaires, interviews) came from four European couples representing four different first-language constellations. The data suggest that ELF couples do not conform to conventionalized ENL linguistic and cultural norms. This allows for a creative pragmatic process of hybridization and acculturation of English into the partners' private space, whereby ELF couples will accommodate the language by drawing upon any available resources, and re-load it with their own cultural values for the pretextual purpose of achieving the desired effect of mediating comity.
Аннотация
Статья исследует использование английского языка как лингвафранка (АЛФ) в общении супружеских пар и рассматривает степень влияния культурных факторов на процесс создания и сохранения романтических отношений посредством АЛФ. Основным объектом исследования являются языковые гибридные формы в общении четырех АЛФ пар, в которых партнеры являются носителями различных первых языков. В исследовании использованы следующие методы сбора данных: аудиозаписи домашних разговоров пар на АЛФ, анкетирование и интервью. На основе данных можно сделать вывод, что АЛФ пары приспосабливают АЛФ, часто не придерживаясь языковых и культурных норм, установленных носителями английского как первого языка. Это способствует творческому прагматическому процессу гибридизации и аккультурации английского языка в интимное пространство партнеров. В этом процессе АЛФ пары используют любые доступные им (языковые) ресурсы, и перезагружают АЛФ собственными культурными смыслами c претекстуальной целью достижения желаемого эффекта общности и близости.
About the author
Svitlana Klötzl is currently a doctoral student at the English Department of the University of Vienna. She studied English and Russian at the Precarpathian University in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine. She worked as an English teacher at secondary schools, State University of Oil and Gas, and Institute of Law, Economics and Building in Ivano-Frankivsk for 13 years. Her research interests are applied linguistics, discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, and English as a lingua franca.
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Articles
- ELF couples and automatic code-switching
- “Maybe just things we grew up with”: linguistic and cultural hybridity in ELF couple talk
- Lexical and organizational features in novice and experienced ELF presentations
- Collaborative co-construction of humorous interaction among ELF speakers
- “I just wanted to give a partly answer”: capturing and exploring word class variation in ELF data
- An evaluation of the pronunciation target in Hong Kong's ELT curriculum and materials: influences from WE and ELF?
- The complexity of ELF
- JELF Talks
- Dialogue between ELF and the field of language policy and planning
- Book Reviews
- Book Review
- Book Review
- Book Review
- Book Review
- Book Review
- Conference Announcements
- ELF 7 announcement
- ChangeE announcement
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Articles
- ELF couples and automatic code-switching
- “Maybe just things we grew up with”: linguistic and cultural hybridity in ELF couple talk
- Lexical and organizational features in novice and experienced ELF presentations
- Collaborative co-construction of humorous interaction among ELF speakers
- “I just wanted to give a partly answer”: capturing and exploring word class variation in ELF data
- An evaluation of the pronunciation target in Hong Kong's ELT curriculum and materials: influences from WE and ELF?
- The complexity of ELF
- JELF Talks
- Dialogue between ELF and the field of language policy and planning
- Book Reviews
- Book Review
- Book Review
- Book Review
- Book Review
- Book Review
- Conference Announcements
- ELF 7 announcement
- ChangeE announcement
