Pragmatic and procedural reasoning are two type strategies used by occupational therapy practitioners in clinical reasoning. Pragmatic reasoning focuses on the factors in the context of the practice and the client personal context that might affect the intervention‚ whereas procedural reasoning focuses on the client goals‚ and treatment plan that can help improve the client functional performance. Some examples of pragmatic reasoning are skills‚ equipment‚ time‚ law and policies. After the evaluation
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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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The Cooperative Principle of Pragmatics: An Analysis of the Verbal Humor in Friends Outline Thesis: The cooperative principle is one of the most important pragmatic principles. The violation of the cooperative principle can often generate conversational implicature and achieve certain communicative effect. By violating the cooperative principle‚ Friends produces humorous effects and has become one of the best television sitcoms throughout the world. Ⅰ. Four maxims of cooperative
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Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen Institut für Anglistik PS: Pragmatics Prof. Dr. Christiane Brand SS 2013/14 Chinese Culture: The Onion Model and Stereotypes Wu Pui Ying 3D‚ 41 Blue Pool Road Happy Valley Hong Kong sarahwpy@hotmail.com Matrikelnummer: 17012786 20 September 2014 Content 1. Introduction 1 2. The Onion Model 2 2.1 Rituals 2 2.1.1 The Dragon Dance 2 2.1.2 Temple Worship 3 2.2 Values
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LIN 486 Annotated Bibliography Gender Differences in Second Language Pragmatics University of Toronto Mississauga Gender Differences in Second Language Pragmatics It goes without saying‚ that learning a second language is not just black and white. Besides a large amount of exposure and learning experience‚ many other interrelated factors‚ such as age‚ personality‚ culture‚ and gender also affect ones talent to attain native-like proficiency of a second language. T he least
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The Speech Acts in English Legal Texts A Master Thesis Submitted to Graduate School‚ Southwest University of Political Science and Law In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Master Degree of Forensic Linguistics in Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics April‚ 2008 Acknowledgements I would like to extend my gratitude to the following people‚ without whose support and encouragement‚ I could not complete the thesis. My deepest appreciation first goes to my thesis instructor
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DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH ACTS Faculty: LIC Year: 3rd Group: tourism 1st Student: Nare Yeremyan Supervisor: Gayane Barseghyan Yerevan 2011 INTRODUCTION At present it has become quite obvious that a good amount of comprehension must be ascribed not to the rules of language‚ but to our ability to infer what the speaker’s intentions are in saying what he says. Linguists try to explain this in terms of theories known as pragmatics‚ which is the study of linguistic acts and the contexts
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Pragmatic Analysis and Translation of English and Chinese Person Deixis 英汉人称指示语的语用分析及翻译 武汉理工大学外国语学院 李晓惠 广东培正学院 胡敏 广东广州 510830 内容摘要 对比语言学是一门从共时的角度对两种或多种语言进行对比研究的学科。本文尝试分析了语用学中的人称指示语在英语和汉语两种语言中的相同点和不同点，其中主要分析了人称指示语的先用特性及其反先用的用法。本文目的是通过对比分析，把指示语的语用理论更多的运用于翻译中去。 关键词: 英汉人称指示语‚ 先用与反先用现象‚ 翻译 Abstract Contrastive study is a branch of science concerning with two or more languages by exploring the differences and similarities in a synchronic way. This thesis is an attempt to analyze the
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Developing pragmatic competence in EFL classroom in China 1. Introduction As the world is increasingly globalized‚ the exchange of commodities and ideas across the border is proceeding at an astounding rate (Pakir‚ 1999). Consequently‚ the cross-cultural communication has become more and more important. English‚ as an international language‚ is increasingly used throughout the world. In China‚ English even is among the core subjects at school and deserves a place in the curriculum. However‚ many
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TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND LAW‚ DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH INVESTIGATING THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEVELOPING PRAGMATIC COMPETENCE OF EFL STUDENTS: THE CASE OF ST. JOSEPH SCHOOL IN ADAMA By KORIE SHANKULIE Advisor: HAILELEUL ZELEKE (PHD) JUNE 2012 INVESTIGATING THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEVELOPING PRAGMATIC COMPETENCE OF EFL STUDENTS: THE CASE OF St. JOSEPH SCHOOL IN ADAMA By Korie Shankulie A Thesis Submitted to School of Humanities
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