Speech genres and cultural value in the Anglo-American public speaking course as a site of language socialization

Speech genres have a significant role in socializing children and adults not only to speak in culturally appropriate ways but also to present desirable identities. We analyze narratives of self-transformation collected in an undergraduate public speaking course in the United States to learn how the...

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Published in:Journal of international and intercultural communication 2018-04, Vol.11 (2), p.117-135
Main Authors: Boromisza-Habashi, David, Reinig, Lydia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Communication research
cultural value
Intercultural communication
Language attitudes
language socialization
mobility
Public speaking
Socialization
Speaking
Speech genres
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Summary:Speech genres have a significant role in socializing children and adults not only to speak in culturally appropriate ways but also to present desirable identities. We analyze narratives of self-transformation collected in an undergraduate public speaking course in the United States to learn how the acquisition of public speaking as a speech genre contributes to U.S. students' language socialization. Our study contributes to two traditions of intercultural communication research, one interested in the context-bound, culturally situated character of Anglo-American speech, and another that seeks to explain how local communication resources, including speech genres, travel across cultural boundaries.
ISSN:1751-3057
1751-3065
DOI:10.1080/17513057.2018.1428765