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Analysing the speech act of refusing in the TV show Grey’s Anatomy [PDF]

, 2016
XXI Jornades de Foment de la Investigació de la Facultat de Ciències Humanes i Socials (Any 2016)Appropriate refusal interactions may be a difficult task for learners of English in a foreign context since they tend to apply the pragmatic rules of their ...
Nieto Bernat, Davinia María
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Effect of Pragmatic Instruction on Sustainable Development of Pragmatic Awareness

Journal of Studies in Education, 2014
Effective cross-cultural communication is supposed to require awareness of target language pragmatic features. However, inadequate attention is paid to the development of pragmatic awareness in foreign language classrooms. To examine the actual effect of pragmatic instruction on the development and sustainability of pragmatic awareness in foreign ...
Vahid Rafieyan, Maryam Sharafi-Nejad, Siew Eng Lin   +2 more
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Reason and Experience in Buddhist Epistemology [PDF]

, 2013
Among the key factors that play a crucial role in the acquisition of knowledge, Buddhist philosophers list (i) the testimony of sense experience, (ii) introspective awareness (iii) inferences drawn from these directs modes of acquaintance, and (iv) some ...
Coseru, Christian
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Translating Idiomatic Expressions: An Attempt to Raise the Students' Pragmatic Awareness [PDF]

ELT Echo: The Journal of English Language Teaching in Foreign Language Context
This research aimed to analyze the use of idiomatic expression as a translation activity to increase the students’ pragmatic awareness. Idiomatic expressions were used as the exercise materials since the expressions contain cultural content that needs ...
Izzati Gemi Seinsiani
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Enhancing the role of pragmatics in primary English teacher training

Glottodidactica, 2018
Teaching EFL in primary school is no longer a novelty but firmly established in the education landscape throughout Europe and many countries worldwide.
Karen Glaser
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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, Besemeres, Dewaele, Dewaele, Dewaele, Jean-Marc Dewaele, Kinginger, Kinginger, Leung, Lyster, Pavlenko, Warga, Wilkinson   +12 more
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Vulnerability to bullying in children with a history of specific speech and language difficulties [PDF]

, 2008
This is an electronic version of an article published in Lindsay, Geoff and Dockrell, Julie and Mackie, Clare (2008) Vulnerability to bullying in children with a history of specific speech and language difficulties.
Ahmad Y., Arora C.M.J., Bishop D.V.M., Brinton B., Clare Mackie, Craig W.M., Dunn L.M., Elliott C.D., Fujiki M., Geoff Lindsay, Harter S., Julie E. Dockrell, Leonard L.B., Martlew M., Neale M., Olweus D., O’Moore A.M., Plante E., Redmond S., Renfrew K., Seals D., Semel E., Smith P.   +22 more
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Pragmatic expressions in cross-linguistic perspective [PDF]

Applied Research on English Language, 2012
This paper focuses on some pragmatic expressions that are characteristic of informal spoken English, their possible equivalents in some other languages, and their use by EFL learners from different backgrounds. These expressions, called general extenders
Maryann Overstreet
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DEVELOPING PRAGMATIC COMPETENCE OF INDONESIAN EFL LEARNERS THROUGH TEACHING SPEECH ACTS OF ORAL AND WRITTEN COMPLAINTS

Englisia, 2019
The lack of pragmatic competence could result in unexpected effects on the speakers; for example, the speakers are considered as rude and aggressive people. Accordingly, developing pragmatic competence for EFL learners should be a great concern.
Waliyadin Nuridin
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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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