Essays about: "Speech-act"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 47 essays containing the word Speech-act.
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1. PRAGMATIC COMPETENCE: REFUSAL SPEECH ACT BY IRANIAN STUDENTS IN SWEDEN
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturerAbstract : Understanding cross-cultural differences plays a crucial role in communication and successful cross-cultural communications depends on various factors such as pragmalinguistics and sociopragmatics. Many researchers focus more on the aspect of pragmatics such as speech acts. The present study is a contrastive study of refusal speech act. READ MORE
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2. Promises, promises Mr. President : A study of commissive speech act usage in 21st century American presidential inaugural addresses.
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionenAbstract : Abstract The American president’s serving period always begin with an iconic inaugural address. It is a function wherein the president can unify the audience, ratify the ceremony, and present his political and administrative direction for his term. READ MORE
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3. Public Communication in a Pandemic : Language in COVID‐19 public health advertising
University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälleAbstract : This linguistic study in the field of pragmatics looked at the language used by public health authorities in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States to inform citizens about COVID-19 in 2020 and 2021. It made a qualitative analysis of advertisements that were posted on Instagram by the Department of Health and Aged Care, the National Health Service and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in relation to COVID-19 during this time frame. READ MORE
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4. Analyzing Zelensky's Twitter communication strategies during the ongoing conflict : A study based on speech act theory
University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskapAbstract : This essay examines Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s tweets during the early phase of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. The method is mixed with both quantitative and qualitative studies and is based on content analysis. READ MORE
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5. "Stand back and admire - then eat." : Translating explicit and implicit instructions in recipes
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)Abstract : This study examines explicitness and implicitness in the instructions of eight English baking recipes and their translations into Swedish. The aim is to investigate whether the degree of explicitness changes in the translation. READ MORE