ELLIPSIS AS A MARKER OF INTERACTION IN SPOKEN DISCOURSE [PDF]
In this article, we discuss strategies for interaction in spoken discourse, focusing on ellipsis phenomena in English. The data comes from the VOICE corpus of English as a Lingua Franca, and we analyse education data in the form of seminar and workshop ...
Chun +64 more
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Teaching the Pragmatic Functions of Discourse Markers in Legal English
Discourse markers are endowed with a prominent textual function as they ensure discursive coherence and cohesion as well as with an interpersonal function that guides the receptors of the legal spoken or written text towards the correct interpretation of
Madalina Georgiana Matei
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Unspell, for voice and electronics, reflects my continuing interest in the musicality of speech. The “pre-text” for the composition is l’Attente (Waiting), by Roland Barthes, from the book Fragments d’un Discours Amoureux (Fragments from a Lover’s ...
Ruviaro, Bruno
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Listening to young children talking on the telephone: a reassessment of Vygotsky's notion of 'egocentric speech'. [PDF]
In this article the author explores aspects of young children's private speech, examining characteristics of their development of discourse knowledge in utterances that are not directed to actual conversants.
Gillen, Julia
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Pragmatic functions of lengthenings and filled pauses in the adult-directed speech of Hungarian children [PDF]
Two most common disfluencies of spontaneous speech, vowel lengthenings (VLE) and non-lexicalized filled pauses (NLFP) were investigated in the adult-directed speech of eight Hungarian children.
Deme, Andrea
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What do we mean by 'wellbeing'? : and why might it matter? [PDF]
There is significant ambiguity around the definition, usage and function of the word ‘wellbeing’, not only within DCSF but in the public policy realm, and in the wider world. This has implications for DCSF.
Ereaut, Gill, Whiting, Rebecca
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Resilience: an all-encompassing solution to global problems? A biopolitical analysis of resilience in the policies of EC, FEMA, UNDP, USAID, WB, and WEF [PDF]
This thesis examines the use of resilience in international policy-making. A concept that originally meant an ability of ecosystems to absorb disturbance has not only been welcomed in many disciplines outside ecology, but lately become popular in the ...
Jakola, Iiris
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Book review: Handbook of early childhood literacy [PDF]
Joanne Larson and Shira May Peterson highlight the paucity of research on how talk is used in pre-school settings compared to school settings. They locate the wealth of research studies on talk and discourse in formal learning settings in terms of the ...
Dombey, Henrietta +3 more
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Non-mathematical Discourse and Private Discourse in Mathematics Instruction
The purpose of this study was to focus on non-mathematical discourse and private discourse as a way to identify the dynamics of interactions in mathematics instruction. The data for this study comprised a series of four lessons about the inverse function
Jinwoo Cho, Yeon Kim
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The Discourse Functions of and in the Australian Students’ Presentations
And is generally known as a connector which relates parallel information or ideas. In the discourse contexts, and is used differently. This article presents the discourse functions of and as a discourse marker in the presentations made by Australian ...
Rusdi Rusdi
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