World Englishes Studies: Seidlhofer

Question 1

What did Seidlhofer discover?

Answer 1

ELF Speakers have different grammatical features in their English varieties

Question 2

What did Seidlhofer find with ELF Speakers over the bound “-s” affix in the present tense?

Answer 2

It was not used

Question 3

What was the only tag question Seidlhofer found ELF Speakers used?

Answer 3

“Isn’t it?”

Question 4

What did Seidlhofer find ELF Speakers did with Non-count nouns?

Answer 4

They made them into count nouns

Question 5

What does Seidlhofer say the main aim of ELF is?

Answer 5

To successfully communicate

Question 6

Why does Seidlhofer not focus on incorrect British English uses in the ELF Features?

Answer 6

Because the purpose of ELF is not to mirror British English as efficiently as possible

Question 7

What figure of speech did Seidlhofer say led to miscommunications?

Answer 7

Idiomatic language

Question 8

Give an example of an idiom Seidlhofer found led to miscommunication issues

Answer 8

“Takes one to know one”

Question 9

Name a study where idiomatic language between two jobs led to miscommunications

Answer 9

Kim and Elder’s South Korean Air-traffic study