Chapter 9
A variational pragmatic approach to responses to thanks in
Namibian English
From quantitative to qualitative analysis
Variational pragmatics has only recently been
combined with non-native World Englishes research, by examining the
pragmatics of Namibian English (NamE). However, this research has
concentrated on the comparison of pragmatic phenomena in NamE to
those in some L1-varieties, exclusively based on the same mixed-task
questionnaire. Although this has led to the discovery of
specifically Namibian usages, limitations to the validity of this
type of data collection have been pointed out. This chapter
triangulates the results of a quantitative questionnaire study with
qualitative analysis of role-plays and meta-pragmatic focus group
discussions, reassessing earlier findings on responses to thanks in
NamE. This contributes to the understanding of sociolinguistic
complexity and the negotiation of pragmatic strategies in the
multilingual ecology of Namibia.
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Responses to thanks: An overview
- 3.Responses to thanks in NamE from a quantitative
perspective
- 4.Responses to thanks in NamE from a qualitative
perspective
- 4.1Data collection
- 4.2Data analysis
- 4.3Discussion
- 5.Conclusions and outlook
-
Notes
-
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