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Main Authors: Fiedler, Sabine 1957- (Author), Brosch, Cyril 1981- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia John Benjamins Publishing Company 2022
Series:Studies in world language problems volume 10
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1075/wlp.10
https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/books/9789027257536
Abstract:"This book addresses a fascinating topic - a constructed language that has turned from a project into a fully-fledged language used by some of its speakers on a daily basis. Based on extensive fieldwork, this book provides rare and profound insights into the use of Esperanto in a large number of communicative areas. It studies the speakers' use of code-switching, phraseology and metaphors, techniques they employ to enhance understanding, such as metacommunication and repair strategies, as well as their predilection for humour. The study also contributes to a comparison between the communication in Esperanto and in the language that is now predominantly used as a lingua franca - English - and allows conclusions to be drawn on the question of what a lingua franca is all about"--
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (XX, 429 Seiten)
ISBN:9789027257536
DOI:10.1075/wlp.10