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71	A study of pragmatic competence in ESL learners in Hong Kong with different grammatical ability Wong, Hoi-ming, Hyman, 王海明 January 2000 (has links) published_or_final_version / Linguistics / Master / Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics Speech acts (Linguistics) Communicative competence.
72	The pragmatics of Kirundi marriage discourse : speech acts and discourse strategies Nkurikiye, Sylvestre January 1991 (has links) This dissertation is a descriptive study of speech acts encoded in Kirundi marriage transactional discourse and the strategies used by the participants to encode them and attempts to understand the interrelationships between the speech acts and the strategies.Chapter 1 states the objectives and describes the data to be studied and the approach to go about it. Chapter 2 provides the reader with some background information on Burundian society and culture in the area of matrimony.Chapter 3 explores the conversation activities and the management of the interactions between the interactants in the sociocultural context of marriage transactions. Formality participation status are discussed and shown to be crucial factors for the semantic and pragmatic interpretation of the participants' verbal contributions. Chapter 4 investigates the nature and the function of the speech acts performed by the interactants. The speech act identification and categorization are based on the social aspects of linguistic action and on the conventionality and contextuality of discourse. Chapter 5 inquires into the strategies applied by the interactants to encode and decode them. Chapter 6 is a summary and conclusion. / Department of English Speech acts (Linguistics) Discourse analysis. Marriage -- Burundi. Burundi -- Social life and customs.
73	Orthography, phoneme awareness, and the measurement of vocal response times / Tyler, Michael Douglas. January 2002 (has links) Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Western Sydney, 2002. / A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, University of Western Sydney, December 2002. Bibliography : leaves 271-298.
74	Interaction goals in political accounts in isiXhosa / Mokapela, Sebolelo Agnes. January 1900 (has links) Dissertation (DLitt)--University of Stellenbosch, 2008. / Bibliography. Also available via the Internet.
75	How to do things with Fish and MacIntyre: speech act theory, dramatic narrative, and the interpretation of moral utterance / Hannan, Jason, January 1900 (has links) Thesis (M.A.) - Carleton University, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 150-154). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.
76	Conceptual structure in lexical items : the lexicalisation of communication concepts in English, German and Dutch / Proost, Kristel. January 2007 (has links) Zugl.: Mannheim, University, Diss., 2005.
77	Contextualizing linguistic politeness in Chinese a socio-pragmatic approach with examples from persuasive sales talk in Taiwan Mandarin / Lin, Huey Hannah, January 2005 (has links) Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2005. / Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages; contains xii, 192 p.; also includes graphics Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-192). Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center
78	Truth-evaluability in radical interpretation / Manolakaki, Eleni. Unknown Date (has links) Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Edinburgh, 2000.
79	Sprechaktgeschichte Studien zu den Liebeserklärungen in mittelalterlichen und modernen Tristandichtungen / Schwarz, Alexander, January 1984 (has links) The author's Habilitationsschrift (Universität Zürich, 1983). / Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-326) and index.
80	Situations and speech acts toward a formal semantics of discourse / Evans, David A. January 1985 (has links) Thesis (Ph. D.)--Stanford University, 1981. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-193).

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