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Discourse and Negotiation of Meaning in Communicative Language Teaching.

Melrose, Robin; Melrose, Susan F. – IRAL, 1989

Discusses the relationship between communicative function and grammar, and the relationship between initiation and discourse. Using a systemic functional framework, a model is set up with with three planes (semiotic, discourse, and language/paralanguage) and two linguistic levels (grammar and phonology) to demonstrate how situation, communicative…

Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Discourse Analysis, Grammar, Higher Education

Pragmatic Pitfalls of Learning/Teaching German.

Peer reviewed

Lovik, Thomas A. – Unterrichtspraxis, 1987

Students of German need to be made aware of the pragmatic contrasts between American English and standard German to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings. Examples are given of contrasts such as power relationships between speaker and listener, affecting choice of verb; the uses of "bitte" and "danke" versus "please"…

Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Contrastive Linguistics, Cultural Context, Discourse Analysis