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BELF, Communication Strategies and ELT Business Materials
Iperstoria, 2019 Communication strategies (CSs) have been shown to be an essential element of ELF, with participants cooperatively constructing communication through pragmatic moves.
Paola Vettorel
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The development, validation, and in vivo testing of a high-precision bronchial epithelial lining fluid sampling device [PDF]
Frontiers in Medicine, 2023 IntroductionAnalysis of respiratory biomarkers or pharmaceutical drug concentrations in bronchial epithelial lining fluid (bELF) using a high-precision sampling method is crucial for effective clinical respiratory diagnostics and research.
Akash Gupta +10 more
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Hermes, 2019 English is now the corporate language of many multinational corporations (MNCs) worldwide. However, when English is used as a shared language resource, a lingua franca, its use may be both fluid and local, and the characteristics of its local use should
Tone Holt Nielsen
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Iperstoria, 2019 This paper contributes to the growing field of research on English as a business lingua franca (BELF) and extends discussion on the role of culture and cultural knowledge in business interactions. It aims to provide insights into the relationship between
Tiina Räisänen
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A Review of Pragmatic Competence in BELF Interactions
International Journal of English Linguistics, 2021 Globalization has transformed English from a foreign language into a lingua franca. The pragmatic paradigm and pragmatic features of English as a lingua franca (ELF), are different from those of native English, especially in the business context, defined as English as a business lingua franca (BELF), which has contributed to a series of studies on ...
Jialiang Chen
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Developing shared communication practices: A study of BELF in multinational team meetings [PDF]
Journal of English as a Lingua Franca, 2020 Abstract A growing number of Multinational Corporations (MNCs) adopt English as their official corporate language. Research on English used as a business lingua franca (BELF) in such contexts shows how its use is negotiated, context dependent, and influenced by cultural and linguistic diversity.
Tone Holt Nielsen
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Biportal endoscopic lumbosacral foraminotomy in dogs: technical feasibility and anatomical assessment in cadavers [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary ScienceIntroductionLumbosacral foraminal stenosis (LSFS) in dogs, a subtype of degenerative lumbosacral disease, leads to nerve root compression and clinical signs such as pain or pelvic limb dysfunction.
Jiyoon Kim +3 more
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The Role of Personal Factors in 'Communication Mobility' Development of Thai and Russian Professionals in BELF Context [PDF]
, 2016 With the aim of attempting to attain particular communicative goals, Communication Mobility (CM) can be viewed as one of the key elements in the complex construct of professional communicative competence in terms of oral English proficiency.
Olga A. Marina, Krich Rajprasit
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“English? – Oh, it’s just work!”: A study of BELF users’ perceptions [PDF]
, 2010 With the increasing number of business professionals operating globally, knowledge of successful English lingua franca in business contexts (BELF) has become an important element in overall business know-how.
Anne Kankaanranta +1 more
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Iperstoria, 2019 Differences in the cultural and linguistic backgrounds of participants to ELF communication, as well as in their linguistic abilities, may pose obstacles to the accomplishment of communicative goals in international encounters (Kaur 2011, Mauranen 2006).
Valeria Franceschi
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