Let's Write it Down, No Let's Be Friends First.

This paper presents a qualitative case study of communicative interaction between a Malay-Malaysian (MM) and a Chinese-Malaysian (CM). The study investigates the notions of rules of speaking in relation to how these two individuals, with quite different sociocultural backgrounds, work towards the g...

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Main Author: Dennis Day
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaya 2017-07-01
Series:Journal of Modern Languages
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Online Access:https://ajap.um.edu.my/index.php/JML/article/view/3846
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spelling doaj-art-54cfaf6a597a4872b7b1fbd5a80c67b82024-11-23T18:59:02ZengUniversiti MalayaJournal of Modern Languages1675-526X2462-19862017-07-0191Let's Write it Down, No Let's Be Friends First.Dennis Day0Gothenburg University, Sweden This paper presents a qualitative case study of communicative interaction between a Malay-Malaysian (MM) and a Chinese-Malaysian (CM). The study investigates the notions of rules of speaking in relation to how these two individuals, with quite different sociocultural backgrounds, work towards the goals of a specific social activity, planning a short presentation entitled ‘Malaysia: people, progress, and problems’. https://ajap.um.edu.my/index.php/JML/article/view/3846communicative interaction;sociocultural backgrounds;social activities
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Let's Write it Down, No Let's Be Friends First.
Journal of Modern Languages
communicative interaction;
sociocultural backgrounds;
social activities
title Let's Write it Down, No Let's Be Friends First.
title_full Let's Write it Down, No Let's Be Friends First.
title_fullStr Let's Write it Down, No Let's Be Friends First.
title_full_unstemmed Let's Write it Down, No Let's Be Friends First.
title_short Let's Write it Down, No Let's Be Friends First.
title_sort let s write it down no let s be friends first
topic communicative interaction;
sociocultural backgrounds;
social activities
url https://ajap.um.edu.my/index.php/JML/article/view/3846
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