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Introduction Business today is often conducted under the circumstances where com muni - cation with people of other countries is necessary. To facilitate communication on a global level, the default choice is often English (see, however, Kubota, Chapter 10, this volume). This means that businesspeople often use English as a lingua franca (ELF), to communicate, in particular, with others from various linguacultural backgrounds. In this situation, Seidlhofer (2011) states that ELF researchers need detailed accounts of ELF interactions – how ELF users negotiate what is interactionally relevant, how they make accommodations in their interactions with each other, how they make creative use of their diverse linguistic repertories, and how they cooperate in the co-or re-construction of ‘English’ they have learned. |
