A ‘Politeness free-for-all’ in a multicultural classroom
(2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Victoria, M. (2010, June). A ‘Politeness free-for-all’ in a multicultural classroom. Paper presented at 5th International Symposium on Politeness, University of Basel, Switzerland
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Social Interaction in a Multicultural Group: How People from Different Cultural and Linguistic Background Negotiate Communication and Establish Relations (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Victoria, M. (2010, March). Social Interaction in a Multicultural Group: How People from Different Cultural and Linguistic Background Negotiate Communication and Establish Relations. Paper presented at EPICS IV - 4th Symposium On Intercultural, Cognitive And Social Pragmatics, Pablo de Olavide University, Seville, SpainThere has been a wealth of studies that explore the interplay between culture and communication. However, many of these investigations tend to focus disproportionately on misunderstanding, communication breakdowns and failures. Indeed, it can be argu... Read More about Social Interaction in a Multicultural Group: How People from Different Cultural and Linguistic Background Negotiate Communication and Establish Relations.
The strategic use of impoliteness to convey caring relations: A Philippine cultural perspective (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Victoria, M. (2009, June). The strategic use of impoliteness to convey caring relations: A Philippine cultural perspective. Paper presented at Linguistic Impoliteness And Rudeness Conference, Lancaster UniversityIt has been claimed that in some discourse contexts, huge power differential and training philosophy account for the pervasiveness of impoliteness (Culpeper 1996: 359). In this ethnographic-based study of two nursing classrooms in the Philippines, I... Read More about The strategic use of impoliteness to convey caring relations: A Philippine cultural perspective.
How Professors and Students in two Universities in the Philippines Do Power and Politeness in the Classroom (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Victoria, M. (2008, July). How Professors and Students in two Universities in the Philippines Do Power and Politeness in the Classroom. Paper presented at 4th International Symposium on Politeness “East Meets West”, BudapestThis research investigates how professors and students from two universities in the Philippines linguistically enact power and politeness in the classroom. Professors can be seen to have more power than their students by virtue of their status, age,... Read More about How Professors and Students in two Universities in the Philippines Do Power and Politeness in the Classroom.