This paper outlines a formal computational semantics and pragmatics of the major speech act types. A theory of force is given that allows us to give a semantically and pragmaticaly motivated taxonomy of speech acts. The relevance of the communication theory to complex distributed artificial intellince, DAI, systems is described. l Introduction In a system that engages in a dialogue with a user ...

in this article, on the basis of habermas’ universal pragmatics, we have tried to indicate that empirical pragmatics in linguistics, suffers from ‘normativity deficit’ in the field of foreign language education. what we mean by ‘normativity deficit’, is the lack of normative resources required for judging the validity claims inherent in social interactions. since agreement on the validity claim...

This study aimed at investigating the effect of instructional YouTube videos on Iranian male and female EFL learners' listening comprehension. It was conducted with 60 male and female intermediate male and female EFL learners. The Oxford Quick Placement Test (OQPT) was used to measure the participants’ language proficiency to make sure about homogeneity of the participants. The participants wer...

In the article linguistic pragmatic factors of speech impact in texts various genres are considered. Pragmatics is closely connected with semiotics, sign theory, theory acts. modern research, subject speech, i.e. speaker his own communicative attitude and intentions, put forward. The author sets objective defining methods adequate analysis an oral written text styles, also underlines fact that ...

English language learning programs are always evolving to suit the needs of changing demands learners. In Saudi Arabia, solely focused on achieving proficiency through teaching learners’ vocabulary and grammar only, excluding other important constructs such as pragmatics. This research investigates relationship between pragmatic by administering an MDCT (multiple-choice discourse completion tas...

Speech acts theory is not about words, phrases or sentences which are mainly used as units of interaction between people, but basically actions that achieved through such utterances. 'Speech theory' belongs to the realm Pragmatics. In this study, selected stretches discourse two court speeches highlighted. These trailers emerge in a formal setting presence an authority who makes judgments on di...

Most previous research on automated speech scoring has focused on restricted, predictable speech. For automated scoring of unrestricted spontaneous speech, speech proficiency has been evaluated primarily on aspects of pronunciation, fluency, vocabulary and language usage but not on aspects of content and topicality. In this paper, we explore features representing the accuracy of the content of ...

This research discusses speech acts which are one of the basic elements in pragmatics. Speech consist five categories, is directive acts. study aims to identify types contained cartoon film Raya and last dragon, also determine function used film. uses descriptive qualitative method analyzing data. Data collection was carried out by reading scripts watching films analyze body movements, gestures...

This research aims 1) to find the types of implicature and examine realization cooperative principle found in animated web drama speech, 2) speech. The success communication can be seen use language relation context (pragmatics) it is also not uncommon films, there are many implied meanings expressed form implicatures conveyed. used Grice’s theory (1975) principles implicatures. data speech con...

Meta-discourse markers are an inevitable part of oral proficiency which improve both the quality and comprehension of learners’ speech. While studies of oral meta-discourse have been conducted since the 1980s in a European or US context, they have remained relatively untouched in Iran. Therefore, this study aimed to seek the impact of both explicit and implicit teaching of formal meta-discourse...