Stancetaking in spoken ELF discourse in academic settings: interpersonal functions of I don’t know as a face-maintaining strategy
Our study examines interpersonal functions enacted through a stance marker in spoken ELF academic discourse. We specifically focus on investigating the functions of I don’t know in an academic speech event by embracing an interpersonal pragmatics and sociolinguistics perspective to figure out how it...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hacettepe University
2021-04-01
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Series: | Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics |
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Online Access: | https://www.ejal.info/index.php/ejal/article/view/423 |