Recently, studies on spoken language in real-life contexts increased dramatically. As a result, some of the features previously considered „empty‟, „superfluous‟ and redundantsuch as sort of, y‟know and well (Goddard and Meanpatterson, 2000, p. 98) now are considered as crucial aspects of interpersonal communication. These expressions called „discourse markers‟ (Schiffrin, 1987) or „pragmatic e...

We take a pragmatic approach to numerical integration of unbounded functions. In this context we discuss and evaluate the practical application of a method suited also for non-specialists and application developers. We will show that this method can be applied to a rich body of functions, and evaluate it's merits in comparison to other methods for integration of unbounded integrals. Furthermore...

This article aims to make a philosophical contribution the understanding of communicative dimensions and functions faces facial expressions (FEs). First, I will refer expressivist socio-communicative theories FEs, proposal unify them under pragmatic approach based on theory speech acts. Subsequently, examine characterization FEs as social behavioral affordances, identify their characteristics f...

PRAGMATIC COMPETENCE IN CHILDREN WITH ASD AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS Pragmatic Competence in ASD Pragmatic skills enable children to produce and comprehend words and sentences in ways that are appropriate to the conversational context. While structural language is known to vary widely in children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD), pragmatic language has been claimed to be consistent...

PURPOSE To verify whether the use of a shorter filmed sample influences the results of pragmatic assessment in children with language impairment. METHODS Data was obtained from videotaped samples and protocols for pragmatic analysis of 30 children between 3 and 6 years old. Each 15-minute sample (total moment) was analyzed and divided into three moments with five minutes each (initial, medial...

interlanguage pragmatics (ilp) has witnessed a growing body of research in the past two decades. one of the under-explored domains of l2 pragmatics is the role of learning strategies specifically tailored for the development of ilp knowledge. therefore, this investigation aimed to determine the significant interlanguage pragmatic learning strategies (ipls) used by high vs. low l2 pragmatic achi...

introduction: children with pragmatic language impairment have problems with appropriate use of language according to age and context. assessment and intervention plans designed to be used with a pragmatically impaired child were discussed in this study. materials and methods: the primary method of data collection adopted in this study was observation method. accordingly, communicative partner ...