“Applying” conversation analysis in applied linguistics: Evaluating dialogue in English as a second language textbooks1 JEAN WONG Abstract This article examines telephone dialogues in English as a second language (ESL) textbooks against the backdrop of what is reported about real telephone interaction in conversation analysis research. An analysis of eight textbooks reveals that the fit between what conversation analysts say about natural telephone conversation and the examples found in textbooks
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the passage is about‚ then have a discussion of stylistic features that can be linked back to this‚ what is their effect? This passage is about the man’s thoughts on a series of different things‚ followed by a flash back. The thoughts go from his dream‚ he was previously in‚ and then onto more philosophical/ in his mind thoughts and then his view point on the world as it is now for him. Cormac McCarthy uses a number of different stylistic features to get across what is happening in the passage
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LEXICAL STYLISTIC DEVICES Metaphor Genuine metaphors Trite(dead) metaphors Metonymy Metonymy Metonymy is the substitution of one word for another with which it is associated: ‘The White House said…’ (the American government) ; the press (newspapers and magazines); the cradle(infancy‚ place of origin);the grave(death); The hall applauded; The marble spoke; The kettle is boiling; I am fond of Agatha Christie; We didn’t speak because there were ears all around us; He was about a sentence away from
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ENC1101 March 1‚ 2008 Stylistic Prose Techniques A Tale of Two Cities In the novel‚ “A Tale of Two Cities” by Charles Dickens‚ the writer uses multiple styles and techniques. Some of the different styles and techniques used are point of view‚ foreshadowing‚ and symbols. Putting all these stylistic and techniques together can create a great story. Some may find this to be a difficult reading to understand‚ but with every passage there is a meaning behind it. Point of view is the position a
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Name: Sajid Aziz‚ Roll no: AU515926 MA TEFL‚ Course Code: 5666 Assignment no: 2‚ Spring‚ 2013 Research Project A Stylistic Analysis of the Poem “The Red Wheelbarrow” By: William Carlos Williams The Red Wheelbarrow So much depends Upon A red wheel Barrow Glazed with rain Water Beside the white Chickens Introduction Oppose practicing the learned rhetoric in poetry writing‚ Williams finds his subjects in such homely items as wheelbarrows. He believes that
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for the 4th year students COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS of Text 1 “Doctor in the House” by R.Gordon Developed and compiled by Zhikhareva N.A.‚ Bezhinar I.S. Assignments in Interpretation I. Plot and Plot structure Read more: (Borisova – pp.10-16) Study Supplement 2 and answer the following questions: 1. What type of conflict is the
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of equal rights? In this written task‚ I have chosen to write a speech in regards to the poem “Lady Luncheon Club” by Maya Angelou; The main purpose of this speech is to educate young women of an all girls school‚ in a rural part of the country where solely men are appointed to leadership roles and given opportunities for higher education‚ of equal rights for all. After having read “Lady Luncheon Club”‚ a frustrated eighteen-year-old
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This book is based on the main principles and concepts of Decoding Stylistics. The term decoding stylistics (suggested by M.Riffaterre) stands for a trend in stylistics‚ a theory evolved by professor Irina Vladimirovna Arnold and developed by her numerous disciples (including the authors of the present book). As developed in this country Decoding Stylistics unites and applies the concepts and achievements of linguistics‚ literary criticism‚ text theory‚ poetics‚ hermeneutics to text analysis and
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The text I decided to analyze is an advertisement taken from British edition of Cosmopolitan magazine (11/2007). The advertisement introduces new cosmetology product for men. Advertisement is a genre of newspaper style proper. Main purpose of advertisement is to sell the product and to make money. First they inform you they are introducing new product and they try to persuade you indirectly to buy it by using headline‚ emotionally colored words and syntax. In this case‚ Company Clarins promotes
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some examples of houses. At the beginning of the extract the narrator introduces with the character of his friend‚ who left his bride‚ and spent a year travelling around the world‚ avoiding marriage. Describing this scene‚ the author uses such stylistic devices as hyperbole (e.g.: …nothing‚ but instant flight could help him; with a toothbrush for all his luggage)‚ metaphor (e.g.: seeing the inevitable loom). Further on‚ the author introduces to the main characters: Roger Charing and Ruth Barlow
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