@article{ART002664950},
author={JeeWon Hahn},
title={A Corpus Analysis of Hedges in Lingua Franca English},
journal={The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea},
issn={1226-4822},
year={2020},
volume={28},
number={4},
pages={227-248},
doi={10.14353/sjk.2020.28.4.08}
TY - JOUR
AU - JeeWon Hahn
TI - A Corpus Analysis of Hedges in Lingua Franca English
JO - The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea
PY - 2020
VL - 28
IS - 4
PB - The Sociolinguistic Society Of Korea
SP - 227
EP - 248
SN - 1226-4822
AB - English globalization entails the use of English by speakers from mother tongues other than English. Trained and professional non-native speakers of English have reportedly achieved communicative competence owing to bilingual or multilingual experiences. Their pragmatic competence developed through diverse interactions with speakers from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds (Kecskes 2015). In this study, hedges were explored in international briefings where English was used as a lingua franca by professionals of an organization. Three hedging devices including modal verbs, modal adverbs, and pronouns were analyzed to investigate their pragmatic competence. In addition, the professional non-native English briefings were compared with the U.S. briefings for their similarities and differences. Results showed developmental patterns from learner English while they shared similarities with native data. These findings were accounted for by the varieties of English and the genre differences. Implications for pragmatic competence are discussed as well.
KW - hedges;pragmatics;corpus;lingua franca English;briefings
DO - 10.14353/sjk.2020.28.4.08
ER -
JeeWon Hahn. (2020). A Corpus Analysis of Hedges in Lingua Franca English. The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea, 28(4), 227-248.
JeeWon Hahn. 2020, "A Corpus Analysis of Hedges in Lingua Franca English", The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea, vol.28, no.4 pp.227-248. Available from: doi:10.14353/sjk.2020.28.4.08
JeeWon Hahn "A Corpus Analysis of Hedges in Lingua Franca English" The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea 28.4 pp.227-248 (2020) : 227.
JeeWon Hahn. A Corpus Analysis of Hedges in Lingua Franca English. 2020; 28(4), 227-248. Available from: doi:10.14353/sjk.2020.28.4.08
JeeWon Hahn. "A Corpus Analysis of Hedges in Lingua Franca English" The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea 28, no.4 (2020) : 227-248.doi: 10.14353/sjk.2020.28.4.08
JeeWon Hahn. A Corpus Analysis of Hedges in Lingua Franca English. The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea, 28(4), 227-248. doi: 10.14353/sjk.2020.28.4.08
JeeWon Hahn. A Corpus Analysis of Hedges in Lingua Franca English. The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea. 2020; 28(4) 227-248. doi: 10.14353/sjk.2020.28.4.08
JeeWon Hahn. A Corpus Analysis of Hedges in Lingua Franca English. 2020; 28(4), 227-248. Available from: doi:10.14353/sjk.2020.28.4.08
JeeWon Hahn. "A Corpus Analysis of Hedges in Lingua Franca English" The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea 28, no.4 (2020) : 227-248.doi: 10.14353/sjk.2020.28.4.08