Essays about: "Pragmatics"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 59 essays containing the word Pragmatics.

1. 21. What’s up with Swedish Students’ Responses to Question-Based Greetings? : A Study of How Second Language Learners of English Master the Formulaic Greetings “How are you?” and “What’s up?”

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Andreas Karlström; [2020]
   Keywords : english; greetings; pragmatics; sociopragmatics; pragmalinguistics; pragmatics of politeness; second language learning; how are you? ; what s up? ;

   Abstract : The extent to which Swedish learners of English master the formulaic language of greetings and their responses has not been well researched over the years. This study aims to fill the gap by examining how 66 Swedish senior high school students respond to two question-based English greetings: the formal “How are you?” and the informal “What’s up?”. READ MORE

3. 22. "When You're a Star" : Analysing Accusations of Sexism and Misogyny against President Donald Trump

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

   Author : Panagiotis Fitopoulos; [2020]
   Keywords : Sociolinguistics; Pragmatics; Context; Linguistics;

   Abstract : Donald J. Trump is unarguably a controversial United States president for a number of reasons, and one of these is that he has attracted widespread criticism from the media and elsewhere with regard to comments he has made about specific women, or women in general. READ MORE

4. 23. Linguistic Politeness in Children’s Movies. : A quantitative corpus study of politeness expressions in The Movie Corpus

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Sara Jaeger; [2020]
   Keywords : children’s language; diachronic approach; historical pragmatics; language change; language in film;

   Abstract : This study aims to analyze explicit politeness markers such as please and thank you in children’s movies using The Movie Corpus. Differences in use over time as well as between children’s movies and other genres of film are investigated, by extracting a variety of frequencies from the corpus for further analysis. READ MORE

5. 24. A study of how students feed from feedback : An application of speech act and attribution theory within the field of linguistics

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Lärarutbildningen

   Author : Desirée Antblad; [2020]
   Keywords : speech act theory; attribution theory; feedback; EFL; pragmatics; motivation;

   Abstract : This essay provides an analysis of five examples of written feedback on a speech assignment completed for an English as a foreign language (EFL) class by second-year students of upper secondary school. The essay aims to shed light on how feedback is formulated and how it is interpreted as a part of a textual dialogue between teacher and student. READ MORE

6. 25. The language of non-commercial advertising: A pragmatic approach

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

   Author : Anna Rath Foley; [2020]
   Keywords : Advertising; Attention-seeking function; Informing function; Non-commercial advertising; Persuading function; Pragmatics; Relevance Theory;

   Abstract : The current study has explored the language of 30 non-commercial advertisements, both quantitatively and qualitatively, within the framework of pragmatics. The main incentive was to conduct an investigation into how the advertiser working with such a philanthropic genre employs attention-seeking, informing and persuading functions when she communicates with her audience. READ MORE