Managing Communicative Challenges and Interactional Dilemma
Native Speakers’ Responses to Non-Native Speakers’ Lack of Understanding
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11273705 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sachiko Terui (0000-0002-4092-7594, University of Memphis, corresponding author), E Hsieh (0000-0002-1993-4976, University of Oklahoma) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 48-65 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Discourse Processes (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0163-853X • E-ISSN: 1532-6950 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0163853x.2019.1624333 |
| OpenAlex | W2953457963 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 53 |
Previous studies suggest non-native speakers (NNSs) use cover strategies to achieve a positive public self-image despite their lack of comprehension when interacting with native speakers (NSs). This study examines the interpersonal implications and NSs’ interactional dilemma in minimizing NNSs’ face threats while addressing potential miscommunication and lack of understanding in the discursive process. We arranged 14 unacquainted NS–NNS pairs (n = 28) to engage in nondirected, informal conversations (mean = 44.3 minutes; SD = 10.3). Follow-up interviews with five NSs were conducted (mean = 16.6 minutes; SD = 3.54). We used Interactional Sociolinguistics to identify four types of NSs’ reactions when NNSs’ cover strategies or lack of understanding become noticeable: (1) collaborating and finding commonalities; (2) interpersonal distancing through NSs’ repairs; (3) othering of NNSs; and (4) engaging in patronizing talk. Our findings highlight that cover strategies can result in problematic consequences even when they were initially successful: NSs’ accommodations are not always helpful in reducing possible miscommunication or in developing relationships. NS–NNS power differences are negotiated, resisted, and challenged through interactions
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Communicating Social Support
Presumptive Meanings
Doing Discourse Analysis
Social norms and human cooperation
Linguistic and Conversational Adjustments to Non-Native Speakers
On interactional sociolinguistic method
Logic and Conversation
Stigma
Co-construction of Nonnative Speaker Identity in Cross-cultural Interaction
Repair and Relevance of Differential Language Expertise in Second Language Conversations
Reconceptualizing the Native/Nonnative Speaker Dichotomy
Intercultural awareness
Coping-With-Hearing-Loss Model for Older Adults
Stories in Action and the Dialogic Management of Identities
The Token "Yeah" in Nonnative Speaker English Conversation
From Spanish paintings to murder
Face and facework in conflict
Strategies of conversational retreat
Conversational narcissism
Toward an understanding of fluency
Why don't we believe non-native speakers? The influence of accent on credibility
Taking turns
Responses to incomprehensible humor
Native speaker/nonnative speaker interaction and orientation to novice/expert identity
Couples sharing stories
Please answer me as soon as possible
Accommodating (to) ELF in the international university
A corpus-driven analysis of repair in a professional ELF meeting
Language competence and the construction of expert-novice in NS-NNS interaction
The discursive accomplishment of normality
Speaking With a Nonnative Accent
A practice-based critique of English as a Lingua Franca
Repair After Next Turn
Discourse Strategies
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |