Congruence in Native and Nonnative Conversations: Status Balance in the Academic Advising Session.

Bardovi-Harlig, Kathleen; Hartford, Beverly S.

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ERIC Number: EJ420176

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Publication Date: 1990

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Congruence in Native and Nonnative Conversations: Status Balance in the Academic Advising Session.

Bardovi-Harlig, Kathleen; Hartford, Beverly S.

Language Learning, v40 n4 p467-501 Dec 1990

Examines status in institutional discourse and identifies congruence as a factor in the success of native and nonnative speakers. Nonnative speakers suffered from a lack of context-specific pragmatic competence involving the use of status preserving strategies and appropriate content for noncongruent speech acts. (21 references) (JL)

Descriptors: Academic Advising, Communicative Competence (Languages), Dialogs (Language), Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Graduate Students, Higher Education, Language Patterns, Native Speakers, Oral Language, Speech Acts, Status

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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