The French interrogative system, which allows for variation among several distinct syntactic structures, constitutes a domain in which normative prescription and actual usage differ greatly (Elsig, 2009). Although many sociolinguistic studies have examined this variation (e.g., Ashby, 1977; Behnstedt, 1973; Coveney, 1989, 2002; Fox, 1989; Myers, 2007; Quillard, 2000), most can be characterized ...

The unique linguistic profile of autistic people urges linguists to address the divergences in human language, its acquisition and use among major perspectives. Fitting with dual roles language (thought communication), this paper adopts an internal pragmatic competence (IPC) a (similar) for external communication (PCEC) elucidate how discloses between nativism constructionism on (ultimately pro...

The paper adopts a sociopragmatic approach to the study of emotion processes and investigates discursive traits reader’s interest. field written popularization was examined establish how it conceptualizes interest through discourse structures. text materials were obtained experimentally. They consist 104 pairs expository text; each includes published in an academic source popular science create...

This study aims to investigate the apology speech act strategy employed by Japanese language learners at intermediate level and pragmatic transfer from L1 L2 that occurs. The data for this were gathered using Discourse Completion Test (DCT), which examined four situations focusing on relationships with interlocutors. subjects of 53 learners. collected then classified into eight strategies or se...

Abstract In this study we examine the linguistic complexity and lexical properties of discourse associated with second person singular forms address (2PS) in Spanish spoken Medellín, Colombia. This variety exhibits use a tripartite system 2PS, which voseo , tuteo ustedeo are used, sometimes interchanged, according to sociopragmatic factors. By means completion task (DCT), 672 responses were col...