In the present paper, the intonational realization of Request Action dialogue act in Polish map task dialogues is analyzed. The study is focused on the Request Action acts realized as single, well-formed intonational phrases. Basic pitch-related parameters are measured and discussed. Nuclear melodies are described and categorized, and some generalizations are formulated about their common reali...

Recent  research  in  interlanguage  pragmatics  (ILP)  has  substantiated  that  some  aspects  of pragmatics are amenable to instruction in the second or foreign language classroom. However, there  are  still  controversies  over  the  most  conducive  teaching  approaches  and  the  required materials.  Therefore,  this  study  aims  to  investigate  the  relative  effectiveness  of  conscio...

Veryfew attempts have been made in the past to develop instruments to measure pragmatic knowledge of second language (L2) learners. The absence of such instruments in the literature of English language teaching (ELT) underscores the need for the researchers to develop new tests that are specifically designed to assess this crucial but less explored aspect of language learners’ (LLs) knowledge. ...

  Concerns over the phony nature of textbooks and artificiality of their contents in reflecting authentic language have been raised by a number of researchers. It has been argued that many language teaching programs result in the failure of learners of English to successfully communicate in the target language. The problem with these programs is that there is no general agreement about the succ...

The speech act is an indispensable part of social communication. Among them, the acts between Chinese parents and their children have received more extensive attention in-depth research. Under theory act, this study makes a on changes family members during winter vacation from perspective politeness principle, cross-cultural differences, other factors. Based relevant theories, attempts to analy...

The acceptance of trolling as a feature internet communication and the clustering together behaviors that range from playfulness to abusive bullying under term “trolling” has interesting moral implications. For it seems sometimes such behavior is dismissed “mere trolling” consequently trolls who perform these acts are granted partial exemption responsibility for content or consequences their sp...

veryfew attempts have been made in the past to develop instruments to measure pragmatic knowledge of second language (l2) learners. the absence of such instruments in the literature of english language teaching (elt) underscores the need for the researchers to develop new tests that are specifically designed to assess this crucial but less explored aspect of language learners’ (lls) knowledge. ...

The present study is an attempt to compare the use of different forms of greeting speech acts presented in Iranian junior high school textbooks, i.e. Prospect series (I, II, III) and Four Corners series (1, 2, 3 and 4) which are quite popular in Iranian high schools and institutions. To this end, greeting forms in the language function and conversation sections of these two series were analyzed...