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The Future and challenge of Pragmatics in English Language Teaching
Journal of Pragmatics Research, 2019 This paper demonstrates about the future and challenge of pragmatics in English language teaching. In pragmatics, meaning in communication has an important role and it can be categorized into two elements such as verbal and nonverbal.
Mazulfah Mazulfah
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Learner's English Proficiency and Their Pragmatic Competence of Refusal Speech Acts [PDF]
, 2015 The present study is an attempt to investigate the relationship between language proficiency and pragmatic comprehension of the refusal speech act among Iranian EFL learners.
Farnia, M. (Maryam) +1 more
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Development and assessment of children's pragmatic competence and its application in the diagnosis of neurodevelopmental disorders [PDF]
Linchuang erke zazhiPragmatic competence refers to the ability to accurately understand and appropriately use language in a specific context.There is a relatively close correlation between the development of children's pragmatic competence and neurodevelopmental disorders ...
LI Xuewei, LIU Xiao
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Pragmatic Neural Language Modelling in Machine Translation
, 2015 This paper presents an in-depth investigation on integrating neural language models in translation systems. Scaling neural language models is a difficult task, but crucial for real-world applications.
Baltescu, Paul, Blunsom, Phil
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Behavior-Based Early Language Development on a Humanoid Robot [PDF]
, 2002 We are exploring the idea that early language acquisition could be better modelled on an artifcial creature by considering the pragmatic aspect of natural language and of its development in human infants.
Varshavskaya, Paulina
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Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2022 This systematic review investigates the current state of the literature on the association between social communication (SC) skills and mental health outcomes in children and young adults.
Magdalena Dall +6 more
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Unpacking the Nexus between Teachers' Awareness of Pragmatics Instruction and Their Classroom Practices [PDF]
Teaching English Language, 2020 Developing learners' pragmatic competence is claimed to be influenced by teachers' awareness of pragmatic instruction. However, this awareness and the way teachers teach pragmatics in their classrooms have been rarely explored.
Zia Tajeddin, Mehdi Khodaparast
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Language Practice and Study Abroad [PDF]
, 2018 The present study measures the impact that pragmatic intervention has when students are exposed to targeted language practice during a six-week study abroad programme in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The intervention had three goals.
Hernández, Todd A.
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Oral mucositis is a common and debilitating side effect of childhood cancer and stem cell transplant treatments. It affects the quality of life of children and young people (CYP) and places a strain on services. Photobiomodulation is recommended for oral mucositis prevention in international guidance but is poorly implemented in UK ...
Claudia Heggie +4 more
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Social Communication and Theory of Mind in Boys with Autism and Fragile X Syndrome
Frontiers in Psychology, 2012 Impairments in the social use of language, or pragmatics, constitute a core characteristic of autism. Problems with pragmatic language have also been documented in fragile X syndrome, a monogenic condition that is the most common known genetic cause of ...
Molly eLosh +6 more
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