Essays about: "directive speech acts"

Found 3 essays containing the words directive speech acts.

  1. 1. From election to insurrection : A Speech Act Theory study of Donald Trump’s tweets in the wake of the 2020 election.

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Pedagogik, språk och ämnesdidaktik

    Author : Paraskevi Karapostoli; [2022]
    Keywords : speech act theory; Donald Trump; tweets; twitter; directive speech acts;

    Abstract : This essay utilizes Speech Act Theory to assess Donald Trump’s role in inciting the riot that took place in Washington D.C. on the 6th of January, 2021 and culminated with the attack on the Capitol building. For the purposes of the study a corpus was created with tweets collected from the Trump Twitter Archive. READ MORE

  3. 2. Cooking Peace? : Authoritative mediators' formulation in the Aceh conflict 2004-2005 and the Kosovo conflict 2005-2007

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Jan von Schmettow; [2021]
    Keywords : Mediation; Authority; Expertise; Strategy; Aceh; Kosovo;

    Abstract : Many mediators exercise power across borders, facilitating talks, formulating agendas and manipulating interests of hostile parties. However, the problem of how mediators justify their use of power and how the terms of this justification legitimate mediators’ strategic conduct has not been systematically theorized and tested in the leverage literature yet. READ MORE

  4. 3. Classroom Discourse and Aspects of Conversation Analysis : A qualitative study on student-to-student interaction during group discussion in EFL classrooms

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : Anastasia Maziani; [2021]
    Keywords : classroom discourse; group discussions; conversation analysis. Speech Act Theory; locution; illocution; discursive devices; turn-taking; hedges; the sociocultural theory; Vygotsky; scaffolding.;

    Abstract : This study aimed to analyse organised interaction and assigned discussions occurring between students in EFL classrooms. It was conducted in order to identify the value-added in terms of learning by using discussion groups. READ MORE