Publications

Publication details [#60784]

Taguchi, Naoko. 2015. Cross-cultural adaptability and development of speech act production in study abroad. International Journal of Applied Linguistics 25 (3) : 343–365.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

adaptation | crosscultural communication | foreign language acquisition | speech act | style, L2-acquisition of

Language as a subject

Japanese

Place, Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Journal WWW

www.ingenta.com/journals/browse/bpl/ijal

Annotation

Based on native Japanese speakers' judgments, a significant link appears between cross-cultural adaptability and progress in the suitability of speech act yet not speech style (polite and plain forms) in 22 learners of Japanese at a Japanese university during a semester study abroad.