English in China: lexical variations in cross-cultural communication

The number of non-native speakers of English outnumbers native speakers provided that worldwide enterprises use English for international communication. Electronic communication has also increased the use of English as an international language; as a consequence, it is used by speakers with differen...

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Autores: Carrió-Pastor, María Luisa|||0000-0002-3040-5362, Muñiz Calderón, Rut
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
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Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/78136
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Palabra clave:Lexical variations
e-mails
English as a second language
China
Hong Kong
FILOLOGIA INGLESA
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spelling English in China: lexical variations in cross-cultural communicationCarrió-Pastor, María Luisa|||0000-0002-3040-5362Muñiz Calderón, RutLexical variationse-mailsEnglish as a second languageChinaHong KongFILOLOGIA INGLESAThe number of non-native speakers of English outnumbers native speakers provided that worldwide enterprises use English for international communication. Electronic communication has also increased the use of English as an international language; as a consequence, it is used by speakers with different linguistic backgrounds. The different linguistic background of authors produces differences or variations in language use. In this paper we analyse business e-mails written by agents from China and Hong Kong who work in an exporting company in Spain and speak English a second or a foreign language. Our main aim is to analyze the possible variations due to the mother tongue and the socio-cultural context, classifying the lexical variation found in business English used as a global working language by non-native speakers. We intended to determine the causes of variation and their influence on communication. We analyzed and contrasted sixty e-mails written by English speakers from China and Hong Kong. We classified the occurrences in categories depending on the lexical characteristics of variation. Finally, we concluded that there are variations in the English language when used by Chinese and Hong Kong speakers and we determined the causes of variation, providing several examples.Center for Promoting Ideas (CPI)Departamento de Lingüística AplicadaEscuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Geodésica, Cartográfica y TopográficaGrupo de Análisis de las Lenguas de Especialidad (GALE)Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politècnica de València Riunet20122012-10-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/78136reponame:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valénciainstname:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Reserva de todos los derechoshttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:riunet.upv.es:10251/781362026-06-13T07:49:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv English in China: lexical variations in cross-cultural communication
title English in China: lexical variations in cross-cultural communication
spellingShingle English in China: lexical variations in cross-cultural communication
Carrió-Pastor, María Luisa|||0000-0002-3040-5362
Lexical variations
e-mails
English as a second language
China
Hong Kong
FILOLOGIA INGLESA
title_short English in China: lexical variations in cross-cultural communication
title_full English in China: lexical variations in cross-cultural communication
title_fullStr English in China: lexical variations in cross-cultural communication
title_full_unstemmed English in China: lexical variations in cross-cultural communication
title_sort English in China: lexical variations in cross-cultural communication
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Carrió-Pastor, María Luisa|||0000-0002-3040-5362
Muñiz Calderón, Rut
author Carrió-Pastor, María Luisa|||0000-0002-3040-5362
author_facet Carrió-Pastor, María Luisa|||0000-0002-3040-5362
Muñiz Calderón, Rut
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author2 Muñiz Calderón, Rut
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Departamento de Lingüística Aplicada
Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Geodésica, Cartográfica y Topográfica
Grupo de Análisis de las Lenguas de Especialidad (GALE)
Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politècnica de València Riunet
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Lexical variations
e-mails
English as a second language
China
Hong Kong
FILOLOGIA INGLESA
topic Lexical variations
e-mails
English as a second language
China
Hong Kong
FILOLOGIA INGLESA
description The number of non-native speakers of English outnumbers native speakers provided that worldwide enterprises use English for international communication. Electronic communication has also increased the use of English as an international language; as a consequence, it is used by speakers with different linguistic backgrounds. The different linguistic background of authors produces differences or variations in language use. In this paper we analyse business e-mails written by agents from China and Hong Kong who work in an exporting company in Spain and speak English a second or a foreign language. Our main aim is to analyze the possible variations due to the mother tongue and the socio-cultural context, classifying the lexical variation found in business English used as a global working language by non-native speakers. We intended to determine the causes of variation and their influence on communication. We analyzed and contrasted sixty e-mails written by English speakers from China and Hong Kong. We classified the occurrences in categories depending on the lexical characteristics of variation. Finally, we concluded that there are variations in the English language when used by Chinese and Hong Kong speakers and we determined the causes of variation, providing several examples.
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