Essays about: "utterance meaning"
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1. Neural correlates of pragmatic processing in adolescents
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistikAbstract : Understanding indirect speech, i.e., when an utterance does not match the intended meaning, is one of many pragmatic abilities at play in conversation. While the development of pragmatic abilities starts early, they continually develop throughout adolescence although this period is understudied. READ MORE
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2. Revisiting parts of the verb in Southern Nambikwara: Towards a definition of subjectivity as a grammatical category
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskapAbstract : This study investigates verb-final morphemes in Southern Nambikwara — a polysynthetic language spoken in the Mato Grosso region of southwestern Brazil. The verb-final morphemes -wa2 and -ɾa2/-la2 have previously been described as denoting an aspect distinction between imperfectivity and perfectivity (da Silva 2021; B. Kroeker 1982; M. READ MORE
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3. What do Swedish demonstratives encode? : A study of exophoric demonstrative preferences
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för lingvistik och kognitiv semiotik; Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskapAbstract : Swedish exophoric demonstratives have often been seen as words that encode distance-based concepts. Based on the studies of demonstrative systems of several other languages the view of demonstratives as distance-oriented has recently been put into question. READ MORE
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4. Pragmatic Understanding through Dialogue and Choice: : How Role-playing Games like Fallout: New Vegas Promote Pragmatic Understanding
University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskapAbstract : Pragmatic understanding is required for us to communicate with each other in our daily life, for example, we need to know how to respond appropriately depending on context and the relation we have towards the person/s we talk to. Without pragmatic understanding, we will have a hard time communicating to one another because of failure to understand the force in what is said. READ MORE
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5. Intonation and sentence type interpretation in Greek : A production and perception approach
University essay from Institutionen för kommunikation och informationAbstract : This thesis examines the intonation patterns of Modern Greek with regard to different interpretations of the sentence types (declarative, interrogative, imperative). 14 utterances are produced by Greek native speakers (2 men and 2 women) so as to express various speech acts: STATEMENT, QUESTION, COMMAND and REQUEST. READ MORE