Mc Lellan Icelt Melaka 10nov09

‘ Tom, Dick and Harry’, or ‘Ali, Ah Kong and Muthu’? Whose idioms in Asian lingua franca English? + implications for teaching EAP ICELT 2009 Conference, Melaka 10th – 11th November, 2009 Dr James McLellan [email_address] November 13, 2009

Outline of paper ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],November 13, 2009 © THE UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO • TE WHARE WANANGA O WAIKATO

ALFE and other acronyms ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],November 13, 2009 © THE UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO • TE WHARE WANANGA O WAIKATO

Some academic research article titles in Applied Linguistics (incl. idioms, intertextuality) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],November 13, 2009 © THE UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO • TE WHARE WANANGA O WAIKATO

What happens at international gatherings? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],November 13, 2009 © THE UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO • TE WHARE WANANGA O WAIKATO

Major research question ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],November 13, 2009 © THE UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO • TE WHARE WANANGA O WAIKATO

Figurative, idiomatic language - 1 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],November 13, 2009 © THE UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO • TE WHARE WANANGA O WAIKATO

Figurative, idiomatic language - 2 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],November 13, 2009 © THE UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO • TE WHARE WANANGA O WAIKATO

Examples of ‘unilateral idiomaticity’ (which may cause intelligibility problems?) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],November 13, 2009 © THE UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO • TE WHARE WANANGA O WAIKATO

SE Asian Englishes ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],November 13, 2009 © THE UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO • TE WHARE WANANGA O WAIKATO

Pedagogical applications: EAP writing ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Gregg (1986), commenting on Mohan and Lo (1985) ,[object Object],[object Object]

Gairns & Redman, 1986, p. 36 ,[object Object],[object Object]

Method ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],November 13, 2009 © THE UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO • TE WHARE WANANGA O WAIKATO

ALFE Corpus findings: Total = 121 tokens ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],November 13, 2009 © THE UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO • TE WHARE WANANGA O WAIKATO

Concordance for ‘seamless’, ALFE corpus ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],November 13, 2009 © THE UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO • TE WHARE WANANGA O WAIKATO

Others (2 or 3 occurrences), e.g. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],November 13, 2009 © THE UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO • TE WHARE WANANGA O WAIKATO

Reference corpus 1: New Zealand English ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],November 13, 2009 © THE UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO • TE WHARE WANANGA O WAIKATO

NZ Corpus findings: Total = 157 tokens ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],November 13, 2009 © THE UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO • TE WHARE WANANGA O WAIKATO

+ more frequent extended idioms in speeches in the NZ intranational corpus ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],November 13, 2009 © THE UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO • TE WHARE WANANGA O WAIKATO

Reference corpus 2: New Zealand speeches at ASEAN gatherings ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],November 13, 2009 © THE UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO • TE WHARE WANANGA O WAIKATO

NZ>ASEAN Corpus findings: Total = 189 tokens ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],November 13, 2009 © THE UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO • TE WHARE WANANGA O WAIKATO

Limitations (hedges) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],November 13, 2009 © THE UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO • TE WHARE WANANGA O WAIKATO

Discussion / Conclusions - I ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],November 13, 2009 © THE UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO • TE WHARE WANANGA O WAIKATO

Discussion / Conclusions - II ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],November 13, 2009 © THE UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO • TE WHARE WANANGA O WAIKATO

Discussion / Conclusions - III ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Or are we barking up the wrong tree?..... (Grant & Bauer, 2004) ,[object Object],November 13, 2009 © THE UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO • TE WHARE WANANGA O WAIKATO Sekian. Terima Kasih! ( Reference list available on request )

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