This essay focusses on how the knowledge of cross-cultural pragmatics can provide a theoretical background for translation practice, especially in search equivalent functions. study concentrates Russian and Italian languages speech act requesting, that not only is request amongst most frequent acts, but also it realised different ways two target languages. In particular, whereas imperative comm...

Recent advances in ASR and spoken language processing have led to improved systems for automated assessment for spoken language. However, it is still challenging for automated scoring systems to achieve high performance in terms of the agreement with human experts when applied to non-native children’s spontaneous speech. The subpar performance is mainly caused by the relatively low recognition ...

This research focuses on analyzing illocutionary acts in Finding Nemo film. uses speech theory of pragmatics approach to analyze the meaning uttered applies qualitative method. The functions act by characters are declarative, representative, expressive, directive, and commisive. illocutinary film classified Yule, Word Orders Performative Verbs as indicator.

A naturalistic experiment was conducted to test the hypothesis that synchronous computer-mediated communication (CMC) can indirectly improve L2 oral proficiency by developing the same cognitive mechanisms underlying spontaneous conversational speech. The theoretical framework guiding this inquiry consists of Levelt’s (1989) model of language production augmented by concepts from Working Memory ...

Semantic technology research has tried to add a new layer of meaning to data to make it more accessible. As part of that, question answering system has facilitated interaction between human and computer by enabling communication in natural language. The primary focus of question answering system research has been on the analysis of the question in the sense that the answer can be predicted from...

This paper is about the cognitive foundations of pragmatic theories. Besides the fact that the usual appropriateness conditions for speech acts, which are given in cognitive terms, such as S knows/believes/wants ... (that) p , require empirical investigation, a sound theory of pragmatics must also explain how certain utterances in certain contexts are actually understood as certain speech acts....

Language and speech proficiency is considered to be an important factor to identify human beings. Though traditional studies on language and speech can reveal many aspects of their characteristics, we have not yet had a complete view of human’s language and speech ability. I believe that trans-disciplinary studies will enable us to have its scientific modeling. In this talk, I would like to int...

Abstract Genre-based approach has been the focus of interest in the teaching of language since the mid1980s. Genre is defined in terms of the use of language in conventionalized communicative settings. The present study made an attempt to scrutinize the effects of genre-based pedagogy on Iranian Pre-intermediate EFL leaners' reading comprehension as well as the interaction between their reading...

In this position paper, we argue that second language (L2) pragmatic research needs to explore new avenues for integrating speech acts and interaction, by proposing a radically minimal, finite interactional typology of acts. While will introduce what mean interaction in detail below, the following argument helps us summarise issue consider study: When describe behaviour, sometimes use terms suc...