The Pragmatic Failure in Intercultural Communication between China and Western Countries Student Number:26031 Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirement of the LSI Pre-Sessional course Submitted on 26th August 2014 Teacher’s name:Jackie Parr Abstract Pragmatic failure means the inability to understand what is meant by what is said. It means a breakdown of intercultural communication
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References: Grice‚ H. Paul. 1975. "Logic and conversation". In: Cole‚ P. and J. Morgan (eds.). Levinson‚ Stephen. 1983. Pragmatics. Cambridge: Cambridge UP Mey‚ Jacob. 1993. Pragmatics: An Introduction. Oxford: Blackwell. Thomas‚ Jenny. 1995. Meaning and Interaction. An Introduction to Pragmatics. London: Longman.
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Caring in Three Dimensions This paper will carefully elaborate three different theories‚ theory of transpersonal caring by Jean Watson (1979)‚ theory of culture care diversity and universality by Madeleine Leininger (2006) and the caring theory by Anne Boykin and Savina Schoenhofer (1993). All theorists delved on a common denominator‚ caring. The core concept will be interpreted in three different dimensions‚ following each of the theorists’ interpretation. Similarities and differences will be deliberated
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UEES | Krashen´s Theory | Theory of Second Language Acquisition | | Gisella Coka | 13/01/2012 | "Language acquisition does not require extensive use of conscious grammatical rules‚ and does not require tedious drill." Stephen Krashen | This paper is going to talk about Krashen’s theory of second language acquisition‚ which has had a large impact in all areas of second language research and teaching since the 1980s. There are 5 keys hypotheses about second language acquisition in
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Captain Paul Watson Paul Watson was born the 2nd of December/ 1950‚ now at days he is 62 years old. Captain Paul is a Canadian animal rights and environmental activist‚ who founded (1977) and is president of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society‚ a direct action group devoted to marine conservation. Now at days Paul has only 1 child‚ his daughter’s name is Lilliolani Paula Lum who was born in 1980‚ her mother is Watson’s first wife‚ Starlet Lum. Years later he married Lisa DiStefano‚ his second
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used to violate conversational implicatures which Trump created consciously. I also analysed all the types of implicatures detected in these excerpts. Besides that‚ other pragmatic strategies used to violate the maxims were analysed –tautology and politeness strategies. The importance of tautology cannot be denied in the pragmatic analysis of spoken discourse. Despite it being counted as a major error‚ speakers commonly use tautology in everyday life. Trump uses this powerful device to emphasize a
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This four-stage theory illustrates how children are born with a mental structure that is built up overtime and their cognitive processes which develop as a result of experience. New experiences challenge children’s thinking causing disequilibrium. From this learning experience if the outcome is positive‚ accommodation of information/learning is made and we can see growth in cognitive abilities. Other ways to develop cognitively is exercising the old scheme in new ways. This theory is outlined in Figure
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• S-R Theory • Stimulus • Response • Theory • Classical conditioning • The memory system that links perceptual information to the proper motor response • Necessary component: Observable Experiments • The probability of a verbal response is conditional on four things: reinforcement‚ stimulus control‚ deprivation‚ and aversive stimulation. • If a dog brought its human a ball and the human pet it‚ the dog’s behavior would be reinforced‚ and it would be more apt to getting the ball
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Pragmatic Literary Criticism Pragmatic criticism is concerned‚ first and foremost‚ with the ethical impact any literary text has upon an audience. Regardless of art ’s other merits or failings‚ the primary responsibility or function of art is social in nature. Assessing‚ fulfilling‚ and shaping the needs‚ wants‚ and desires of an audience should be the first task of an artist. Art does not exist in isolation; it is a potent tool for individual as well as communal change. Though pragmatic
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Maslow’s Theory: A Human’s Hierarchy of Needs Jason T. Heilman Grantham University Maslow’s Theory: A Human’s Hierarchy of Needs Every person is driven by different factors. Some enjoy a challenge; others are motivated by money while others simply want human interaction. Many researchers designed studies to determine what drives an individual to perform and they developed their own theories on how managers can get the highest levels of productivity from their employees while
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