University of Babylon College of Education for Human Sciences Department of English/ PhD Programme A Theoretical Survey of Gambits A term paper Submitted in partial fulfillment for the requirements of a PhD course in Discourse Analysis by Ahmed Sahib Jabir May‚ 2013 1. Introductory remarks It is an agreed upon fact that language is mainly used to fulfil two basic functions: the first is the transactional function which is related to the communication of information and the
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Sociolinguist Dell Hymes developed the following model to promote the analysis of discourse as a series of speech events and speech acts within a cultural context. It uses the first letters of terms for speech components; the categories are so productive and powerful in analysis that you can use this model to analyze many different kinds of discourse. Mr. McGowan patricularly enjoys applying this model to storytelling. The SPEAKING Model Setting and Scene "Setting refers to the time and place
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on Differences between written and spoken discourse People use the language for communicating through coherent and cohesive stretches of language. In other words‚ they normally use more than a couple of words and sentences; they produce longer stretches of language by putting words and sentences together. These chunks of language must follow each other and be connected in a logical way in order to transmit a specific message. This process is called discourse‚ and its linguistic product is called text
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Essay Mahly J. Martinez (2008) SPEECH ACT THEORY AND APPLICATION IN THE EFL CLASSROOM. • Introduction ( Recent interest in teaching speech act theory (beyond the form) (Garcia‚ M‚ 2000) • Communicative competence Theory (Sassan‚ B 2007) • Speech Act Theory (Overview) (Austin 1962 – Searle‚ 1965‚ Yule 1991) • Indirect and Direct Acts (Sassan‚ B. 2007) • Practical Activities for Applying the speech act theory in the EFL Classroom (Fujimori‚ 2004) • Pedagogical implications (Garcia‚ M. 2000‚ Vez
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J Y V Ä S K Y L Ä S T U D I E S I N H U M A N I T I E S 194 Jari K. Kokkinen Racial Discourse in James Baldwin’s Blues for Mister Charlie (1964): Drama and the Hegemonic Struggle JYVÄSKYLÄ STUDIES IN HUMANITIES 194 Jari K. Kokkinen Racial Discourse in James Baldwin’s Blues for Mister Charlie (1964): drama and the hegemonic struggle Esitetään Jyväskylän yliopiston humanistisen tiedekunnan suostumuksella julkisesti tarkastettavaksi yliopiston vanhassa juhlasalissa S212
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however‚ Gee must provide definitions for various other words and ideas as well as numerous theories in an effort to support his final supposition. Words such as discourse and sub-discourse are introduced by Gee who then goes on to characterize them in great detail‚ going so far as to provide five basic rules and/or guidelines for these discourses. Gee next bestows us with a theory in reference to how individuals obtain knowledge according to cited authors
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determined by the medium through which speech or language is transmitted. The spoken and the written are the two basic mediums of language. Some examples of medium-spoken discourses are speeches‚ face to face interaction‚ public addresses and news broadcasts. Newspapers‚ books and journals are examples of medium-written discourses. Formality is generally associated with the written mode principally as a result of the impersonal nature of its communication and also on its insistence on the correctness
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exactly how I treated those subjects‚ with the utmost disobedience. Being born into a Discourse‚ as John Paul Gee puts‚ “…involve a set of values and viewpoints in terms of which one must speak and act” (Literacy‚ Discourse‚ and Linguistics‚ 538). Being born into an Asian-American household‚ I was pressured heavily to achieve academic success. However‚ I didn’t care much to squeeze myself into this supposed Discourse of a perfect Asian. Nobody seemed to offer me a solid reason why I should apply myself
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The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the use and substitution of profanity using verbal behavior taxonomy. Method This analysis first defines profanity. Then‚ one profanity was selected for analysis. Next‚ controlling variables that generally occasion the use of the target profanity were outlined. Last‚ substitutions for the target profanity were evaluated to determine a) whether or not they are controlled by similar controlling variables and b) if they function to produce the same result as
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Halliday is ‘the best model for examining the connections between linguistic structure and social values’ of texts. This model of linguistic analysis places a strong emphasis on ‘function’. Halliday theorises that all language performs three functions simultaneously‚ which he terms ‘ideational‚ interpersonal and textual’ functions (Fowler‚ 1991: 69). The three functions are closely related and
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