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Shelton, Abigail Leigh.

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Japanese Native Perceptions of the Facial Expressions of American Learners of L2 Japanese in Specified Contexts.

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正題名/作者:	Japanese Native Perceptions of the Facial Expressions of American Learners of L2 Japanese in Specified Contexts./
作者:	Shelton, Abigail Leigh.
出版者:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2018,
面頁冊數:	198 p.
附註:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 80-08(E), Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International80-08A(E).
標題:	Linguistics. -
電子資源:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=13856087
ISBN:	9781392008768

Japanese Native Perceptions of the Facial Expressions of American Learners of L2 Japanese in Specified Contexts.
Shelton, Abigail Leigh.

Japanese Native Perceptions of the Facial Expressions of American Learners of L2 Japanese in Specified Contexts. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2018 - 198 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 80-08(E), Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Ohio State University, 2018.

Grammatical errors in a foreign language point to us as bad speakers of the language, but pragmatic failures point to us as bad people (Thomas 1983). This is also true when using facial expressions in a second/foreign language ("L2") or culture ("C2"). Facial expression research has revealed that while there are some cross-cultural universals in how we interpret certain facial expressions, whether we display, suppress, or even mask our facial expressions is governed by culture-specific conventions. Violations of these "display rules" (Ekman and Friesen 1969)---just like violations of pragmatic language strategies---can have unintended results. When American learners enter the L2 Japanese classroom, they are already armed with facial expression strategies associated and integrated with their L1. These strategies unconsciously translate into their performances in L2 Japanese, although the effects of such transfer have yet to be studied.

ISBN: 9781392008768Subjects--Topical Terms:

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Linguistics.

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