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The Pragmatic Functions of Repetition in TV Discourse [PDF]
, 2012 Since repetition is a natural phenomenon used to perform various functions in interactional discourse, adopting a pragmatic analysis to the discourse of Dr. Phil and his guests on Dr.
Abuseileek Ali Farhan, Rabab'ah Ghaleb
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Cross-cultural pragmatic failure [PDF]
Training, Language and Culture, 2019 This paper explores the study of failures in intercultural communication due to misunderstandings in the linguistic field of pragmatics. It focuses on three areas of pragmatics; compliments, refusals and complaints and examines how cultural ...
Peter McGee
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Metaphorical COVID-19 Concepts: A Corpus Pragmatics Study
آداب الكوفة, 2023 This paper investigates the way pragmatics and corpus linguistics can benefit from each other through tackling metaphorical language. The metaphors of COVID-19 and how they can be analyzed both qualitatively and quantitively in the realm of corpus ...
Shameem Alsalami
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Context Dependence, MOPs,WHIMs and procedures Recanati and Kaplan on Cognitive Aspects in Semantics [PDF]
, 2015 After presenting Kripke’s criticism to Frege’s ideas on context dependence of thoughts, I present two recent attempts of considering cognitive aspects of context dependent expressions inside a truth conditional pragmatics or semantics: Recanati’s non ...
C Penco +21 more
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“Appropriateness” in foreign language acquisition and use: some theoretical, methodological and ethical considerations [PDF]
, 2008 In this contribution, I focus on the concept of “appropriateness” in the usage, the learning and the teaching of foreign languages. Using a participant-based emic perspective, I investigate multilinguals’ perceptions of appropriateness in their foreign ...
Barron +12 more
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An Analysis of Igbo Proverbs and Idioms
Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics, 1985 This paper looks at Igbo proverbs and idioms in the light of the existing linguistic theories. It tries to show that application of the current linguistic theories in the interpretation of Igbo proverbs and idioms will be futile without a consideration ...
Okolo, Bertram A.
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'She's a F**king ticket':the pragmatics of f**k in Irish English - an age and gender perspective [PDF]
, 2009 In this paper, I examine the pragmatics of FUCK in terms of age and gender inan Irish English context. The paper aims to explore sociolinguistic variationin the use of this taboo form by using quantitative and qualitative corpusbasedtools and ...
Andersson L.-G. +10 more
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EuroAmerican Journal of Applied Linguistics and Languages, 2022 This volume presents a theoretical and practical approach to the teaching of pragmatics in primary and secondary educational contexts. Targeting first language (L1), second language (L2), and foreign language (FL) teachers, the volume starts by ...
Sara Gesuato
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Bringing historical contexts and language use together, or how to do historical sociopragmatics: Historical sociopragmatics, by J. Culpeper (ed.) (2011) [PDF]
, 2014 No abstract ...
Kopaczyk, Joanna
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract To solidify their power over society, totalitarian regimes will usually eliminate any dissent, any perceived threats early on. These threats include not only political enemies but also educated and independent segments of society, such as professional associations.
Michael Hortsch
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