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Bear, Jean M. – 1979
This study investigates topic units and suggests some practical applications to the teaching of composition to native speakers and second language learners. A topic unit is a structural unit beyond the sentence. It is composed of clauses and consists of two parts -- a head proposition and a set of comments. The head proposition consists of the…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Language Research, Language Styles, Paragraph Composition
Download full textSimmons, Thomas L. – 1994
A study of distinctive characteristics of the style in which people communicate in computer-mediated communication (CMC), focusing on use of politeness conventions, is reported. Aspects of the concept of "face" and politeness in social interaction are first reviewed, and threats to speaker's and hearer's face are outlined. The…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Computer Mediated Communication, Electronic Mail, Foreign Countries
Salmani-Nodoushan, Mohammad Ali – Online Submission, 2006
In their study in 1990, Clark and Isaacs identified five properties and seven defining features that distinguished between English ostensible and genuine invitations. To see if Persian ostensible and genuine invitations could be distinguished by the same features and properties, the present study was carried out. 45 field workers observed and…
Descriptors: Indo European Languages, Undergraduate Students, Data Analysis, Friendship
Li Lee, May-yu – 1983
Two experiments were undertaken in Hong Kong to examine sociocultural factors in the speech acts of making apologies in Cantonese. The first experiment involved ten men who were given role cards describing various situations with minor to serious problems for which they must apologize. The influence of certain situational variables on the…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cantonese, Cultural Context, Discourse Analysis
Phillips, Jon – 1987
In response to concern among Galang refugee camp students about their ability to interact with Americans in the United States, a social language unit was developed and added to the English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) curriculum. The unit addresses specific language functions, through syntactic forms, in the context of everyday social encounters…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Cultural Context, Culture Conflict, English (Second Language)
Carty, Maria A. – 1980
Discourse analysis has provided a methodology for the study of conversational interactions between language learner and native speaker. This study examines the verbal and nonverbal strategies that native speakers use when communicating with second language learners in natural, non-academic, "survival type" settings. The areas discussed include:…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Context Clues, Cultural Influences, Discourse Analysis
