A copy of this work was available on the public web and has been preserved in the Wayback Machine. The capture dates from 2019; you can also visit the original URL.
The file type is application/pdf
.
Loving a partner in a Foreign Language
2017
Journal of Pragmatics
This is the first relatively large-scale study (N = 429) based on an online questionnaire and written interviews to investigate whether language and cultural differences within crosscultural couples made emotional communication more difficult. Opinions were divided with a third of participants claiming no difficulty and half mentioning limitations in the Foreign Language (LX) as well as a lack of emotional resonance of the LX. A minority reported experiencing a lack of genuineness at the start
doi:10.1016/j.pragma.2016.12.009
fatcat:cooykxmrwvae5ko3iesgi3njmm