Search results for "pragmatic"

Defining culture and interculturality in the workplace: how cultures interact within organisations

2009

Texte d'une présentation orale (panel); This communication seeks to define the notions of cross-cultural, intercultural and multicultural communication, by considering the relationship between culture and communication processes. By situating culture on the level of the social group (company culture, departmental culture, and not simply national or “ethnic minority” culture) it becomes possible to identify more clearly the influence of different “cultures” on interactions within the workplace, and their impact on the form of the organisation itself. If interculturality is a process associated with multicultural settings, whether on a micro-social (interactional), meso-social (organisational…

O pewnej możliwości porównawczych badań nad słownikami

2016

In the Polish lexicography, there have appeared newer types of dictionaries, including the ones derived from or modelled on earlier lexicographic works. Their evaluation reąuires that objective criteria for a comparative description of dictionaries be developed. In this paper, the author argues that a dictionary constitutes a specific narration (meta-expression) about language reality, and that is why it should be possible to explore any dictionary using a framework modelling all and any expressions produced by language users. Referred to as a “pragmatic frame”, such framework encompasses nine components: who - when - where - about what - in what way - for what purpose one addresses whom - …

Naja, normal und normal. Zur Syntax, Semantik und Pragmatik der x-und-x-Konstruktion im Deutschen

2012

This article deals with the syntax, semantics and pragmatics of the x und x (‘x and x’) construction in German, cf. A: Schade, dass die [Schabracken] so teuer sind! B: Naja, teuer und teuer, wenn die Qualitat stimmt, dann finde ich den Preis okay. (A: ‘What a pity that the horsetrappers are so expensive!’ B: ‘Well, expensive and expensive, if the quality is good, the price is fine with me.’). The specific discourse function of this construction is to negotiate the situational meaning of a previously used lexical item. Typologically, it has been claimed that the pattern is language-specific for Scandinavian. The paper challenges this assumption, providing empirical evidence from a questionna…

Presentation of culture and pragmatic knowledge in a Finnish secondary school EFL textbook

2016

Kulttuurin opettamisen on yleisesti katsottu olevan tärkeä osa kielen opettamista, mutta englannin kielen aseman muutos globaaliksi lingua francaksi on tuonut uusia haasteita kielen ja kulttuurin opetukseen. Viime vuosikymmeninä monet tutkijat ovatkin ehdottaneet siirtymistä englannin opettamiseen kansainvälisenä kielenä, jolloin opetuksen tavoitteena on oppijan kulttuurienvälisen kompetenssin parantaminen. Tällöin erityisesti kulttuurienvälinen pragmatiikka sekä kulttuurinen tietoisuus ovat suuressa roolissa. Vaikka kulttuuriselle monimuotoisuudelle olisi tekstikirjamateriaaleissa kysyntää, tutkimukset ovat osoittaneet, että kulttuurit, joissa englantia puhutaan pääasiallisena kielenä, eri…

Discourse Analysis: Activity Book

2019

The present book contains 10 units. Each unit opens with a brief introduction and is followed by a number of tasks to be completed by students either as in-class or take-away activities. These are meant to reinforce the knowledge of the subject by guiding students in applying a range of tools for the analysis of discourse to excerpts from authentic languae use

La costruzione del senso tra minimalismo semantico e processi pragmatici.

2011

The semantics and pragmatics of 'de se' attitudes

2010

Konzepte des Lügens

2015

Luova toiminta hermeneuttisena horisonttina : Kevin J. Vanhoozerin käsitys draamasta, eettisestä kasvusta ja oppimisesta

2018

The aim of this research is to analyze Kevin J. Vanhoozer’s theory of creative action as a hermeneutical viewpoint in the light of learning and ethical development. The method used in this research is systematic analysis. Vanhoozer’s understanding of action differs strongly from that of Marx and of Dewey. By turning to philosophical hermeneutics he finds a way through Aristotle’s drama theory where creative action is a basis for the Gadamerian horizon, but instead of fusing the horizons Vanhoozer sees it as the viewpoint of Bakhtinian outsider, which in turn provides an opportunity to critique the surrounding culture. The horizon becomes wider and clearer through improvisation and spontanei…

The Greek Verb. Morphology, Syntax, Semantics. Proceedings of the 8th International Meeting on Greek Linguistics. Agrigento, October 1-3, 2009

2014

Despite the difficulties of reconstructing the grammar of a dead language, studying Ancient Greek offers new insights for linguistic theory. The morphological complexity of the Greek verb with its highly intricate inflectional system provide a valuable basis for an in-depth-analysis of the mechanisms which regulate the functioning of a language. Studies on the Ancient Greek verb have also contributed significantly to the reconstruction of the Indo-European language since the early history of Linguistics in the nineteenth century. The conservative features preserved in the oldest stages of Greek allow us to rely on a solid basis to which every linguist must refer in investigating a model of …