this study examines the efficiency of pedagogical intervention in raising l2 pragmatic awareness of the iranian efl learners. more specifically, it seeks to investigate the difference between explicit and implicit instructions in improving pragmatic appropriateness of the english refusals by adult persian native speakers in an efl classroom context. fifty-four participants, with approximately t...

Laughter is a crucial signal for communication and managing interactions. Until now no consensual approach has emerged classifying laughter. We propose new framework laughter analysis classification, based on the pivotal assumption that propositional content. an annotation scheme to classify pragmatic functions of taking into account form, laughable, social, situational, linguistic context. app...

China defines “~” (tilde, the wave sign) as punctuation, which serves a grammar marker. However, social media becomes popular in people’s daily life, sign acquires another pragmatic meaning and function. Although this change is obvious, few studies have been conducted for further view. This paper aims to explore function of beyond its punctuation usage. With qualitative quantitative study, it’s...

In this paper we present a proposal to integrate pragmatic information, both from the preceding discourse and the extra-linguistic context, in the grammar. We provide an analysis of elliptical fragments according to how they are anchored to the context and the kind of resolution they require. We also present an alternative view about the syntax of fragments.

In this article, we highlight the need to create a more Pragmatic Web which would act as an extension of the Semantic Web, where information is not only given a well-defined meaning, but the meaning is understood within the context it is used. Using foundations such as Tolk’s Dynamic Web model, we propose a Trust Model, dealing with the Social Web that we believe, would ‘complete’ the Pragmatic...

this study examined the effect of explicit instruction of hedging on english forspecific academic purposes (esap) reading comprehension performance ofenglish language learning (ell) university students. a reading comprehensiontest was developed and validated as the pretest and the posttest. the test, includingitems for assessing the comprehension of the students in their area of specialization,...