Willis J. Edmondson, Juliane House (Universitat Hamburg and the Hungarian Research Centr, Daniel Z. Kadar (China and Dalian University of Foreign Languages

Expressions, Speech Acts and Discourse

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Providing a pedagogic interactional grammar of English, this book is designed for teachers and learners of English as a foreign language and textbook writers, as well as scholars of pragmatics and applied linguistics. It offers a rigorous system for capturing language use in English in a highly accessible manner.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Juni 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 450g
• ISBN-13: 9781108949590
• ISBN-10: 1108949592
• Artikelnr.: 67223666

Autorenporträt

Willis Edmondson was Professor of Applied Linguistics at Hamburg University. His research interests included language teaching and learning, English studies and pragmatics. He was Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Applied Linguistics (Wiley).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Communicative Interaction in the Foreign Language Classroom
3. Basis for the Description of Discourse as Interactive Process
4. On Keeping Talking Without Saying Anything (Much): The Use of Gambits in Interaction
5. Using Words to Make Meaning: Ritual Frame Indicating Expressions in Everyday Talk
6. On Saying What You Mean: Illocutions in Different Interactional Slots
7. Building Up Interactional Episodes
8. Types of Talk in The Global Classroom
9. The Interactional Practice of Grammatical Items
10. Conclusion.