Sociopragmatic failure revisited: The case of intercultural communication between Brazilians and Americans

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Autor(a) principal: Mendes de Oliveira, Milene
Data de Publicação: 2017
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Lingüística Aplicada (Online)
Texto Completo: http://www.periodicos.letras.ufmg.br/index.php/rbla/article/view/10955
Resumo: This article aims at discussing the concept of (socio-)pragmatic failure (THOMAS, 1983) by focusing on American interviewees’ perceptions of the phenomenon, as arising from utterances spoken by Brazilian learners of English. To achieve this aim, interviews were conducted with three American teachers working in Brazil. After watching video excerpts from previously recorded English classes, interviewees were asked to point out which utterances sounded inappropriate to them and which general conclusions they could draw from learners featured in the video, as well as from Brazilian learners in general. Their responses were used as evidence for the hypothesis that different types of linguistic asymmetry – namely, structural, pragmatic, sociolinguistic, and discourse-related – can lead to sociopragmatic failure.
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title Sociopragmatic failure revisited: The case of intercultural communication between Brazilians and Americans
spellingShingle Sociopragmatic failure revisited: The case of intercultural communication between Brazilians and Americans
Mendes de Oliveira, Milene
Intercultural Communication; Intercultural Pragmatics; Pragmalinguist failure; Sociopragmatic failure
title_short Sociopragmatic failure revisited: The case of intercultural communication between Brazilians and Americans
title_full Sociopragmatic failure revisited: The case of intercultural communication between Brazilians and Americans
title_fullStr Sociopragmatic failure revisited: The case of intercultural communication between Brazilians and Americans
title_full_unstemmed Sociopragmatic failure revisited: The case of intercultural communication between Brazilians and Americans
title_sort Sociopragmatic failure revisited: The case of intercultural communication between Brazilians and Americans
author Mendes de Oliveira, Milene
author_facet Mendes de Oliveira, Milene
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dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Intercultural Communication; Intercultural Pragmatics; Pragmalinguist failure; Sociopragmatic failure
topic Intercultural Communication; Intercultural Pragmatics; Pragmalinguist failure; Sociopragmatic failure
description This article aims at discussing the concept of (socio-)pragmatic failure (THOMAS, 1983) by focusing on American interviewees’ perceptions of the phenomenon, as arising from utterances spoken by Brazilian learners of English. To achieve this aim, interviews were conducted with three American teachers working in Brazil. After watching video excerpts from previously recorded English classes, interviewees were asked to point out which utterances sounded inappropriate to them and which general conclusions they could draw from learners featured in the video, as well as from Brazilian learners in general. Their responses were used as evidence for the hypothesis that different types of linguistic asymmetry – namely, structural, pragmatic, sociolinguistic, and discourse-related – can lead to sociopragmatic failure.
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