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Strodt-Lopez, Barbara – Applied Linguistics, 1991
Analysis of transcripts of nine undergraduate lectures in the humanities and social sciences found that professors used asides and local breaks in topicality to increase global semantic and pragmatic unity, introduce various mutually reinforcing interpretive frames, resolve apparent contradictions, highlight contrast, and establish relevance and…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Discourse Analysis, Discussion (Teaching Technique), English