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Salience in EFL Speakers' Perceptions of Formality: (In)Formal Greetings and Address Forms Combined with (In)Formal Nouns, Verbs, and Adjectives
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Ivan Lasan – Language Teaching Research, 2025
This study explores whether English-dominant (ED) speakers and speakers of English as a foreign language (EFL) perceive the same degrees of formality in combinations of (in)formal greetings (Hi/Dear) and address forms (informal First Name/Ms. Last Name) with (in)formal nouns, verbs, and adjectives (Latinate/Germanic). It also explores which of…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Usage, Nouns, Verbs
Expression of Formality in Writing: English-Dominant Speakers' and English Learners' Knowledge, Preferences, and Other-Language Influence
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Ivan Lasan – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2024
This study explores English-dominant speakers' and English learners' knowledge of (in)formal stylistic variants, their choice of (in)formal styles in relation to social context, their preferences in the use of select (in)formal stylistic variants, and their beliefs about the influence of their other languages. Ten English-dominant undergraduates…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Language Dominance, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning