Speech genres and cultural value in the Anglo-American public speaking course as a site of language socialization. Issue 2 (3rd April 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Boromisza-Habashi, David; Reinig, Lydia
• Is Part Of: Journal of international and intercultural communication. Volume 11:Issue 2(2018)
• Page Start: 117
• Page End: 135
• Publication Date: 2018-04-03
• Subjects: Speech genres -- language socialization -- cultural value -- public speaking -- mobility; Communication, International -- Periodicals; Intercultural communication -- Periodicals; 303.48205
• DOI: 10.1080/17513057.2018.1428765
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1751-3057

Abstract

ABSTRACT: 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.