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Showing 1 to 20 of 109 for “"Formulaic"”.
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Formulaic discourse patterning in mōteatea
Oral formulaic composition, which involves the use of communally owned formulae of various kinds, is a common feature of verbal arts produced in many different languages. It is particularly associated with pre-literate cultures and tends to be gradually replaced by more individualistic verbal art …
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The Role of Formulaic Language in the Creation of Grammar
Research in the field of Formulaic Language has shown it to be a very diverse phenomenon in both the form it takes and the functions it performs (e.g., Erma and Warren, 2000; Wray, 2002). The proposal made by Sinclair (1991) states that language as a system is organized according to two principles, …
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Formulaic Diction and Thematic Composition in the Alliterative 'Morte Arthure.'
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Formulaic language in speech fluency development in English as a second language
This thesis is an investigation of the role of formulaic language in second language (L2) speech fluency development, within a cognitive and information processing framework. Fluency has been studied and defined in terms of temporal variables of speech such as rate of speech, pause frequency and …
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The processing of formulaic language on elicited imitation tasks by second language speakers
… present study investigated the processing of formulaic language, in an effort to examine how the use of formulaic language may or may not contribute to second language (L2) fluency in speaking performance. To examine the effect of formulaic language on L2 fluency, this study utilized elicited …
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A catalogue of shapes: a composite object portrait of an oral-formulaic Homer
… pre-existing components in the theory of an oral-formulaic Homer is explored by means of a practical application of sculptural assemblage. The thesis proposes that Homeric poetics and sculptural assemblage are sufficiently similar in terms of structure, methodology, and interpretive processes, to …
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Comfort factors, moral fantasy and social criticism in formulaic fiction : a study of literary formulas with particular reference to the 'hard-boiled' detective story
… story is probably one of the most successful formulaic fictive patterns to be developed this century; and has been translated very effectively into popular film and television drama. Its founding fathers are normally deemed to be Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler and Ross Macdonald. A study …
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Effects of Holistic and Analytic Instructional Approaches on the Acquisition of Various Types of Formulaic Sequences: An Empirical Study of Adult Learners of English as a Second Language
… learners production and recognition of target formulaic sequences, as measured by oral and written responses on pretest and posttest and a psycholinguistic experiment. Specifically, the goal of the study was to replicate and extend prior research that examines the ways non-native speakers of …
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Interlanguage refusals : a cross-sectional study of Thai EFL learners' refusals in English
Using the speech act of refusals and formulaic language as focuses of analysis, this thesis aims to explore whether or not grammatical proficiency and development is distinct from pragmatic proficiency. The data were collected from 36 Thai EFL learners at three proficiency levels: low intermediate, …
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Lexical bundles in an advanced INTOCSU writing class and engineering texts: a functional analysis
… This study is concerned with the nature of formulaic language in Pathway IEPs and engineering texts, and whether those types of texts show similar or distinctive formulaic functions. Moreover, the study looked into lexical bundles found in an engineering 1.26 million-word corpus and an ESL …
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Performing at the Block: Scripting Early Modern Executions
… Historical scaffold confessions followed a formulaic pattern and condemned traitors performed their final moments before a crowd of witnesses with the power to judge the quality of the actor’s deportment, costuming and words. As a public stage, the scaffold allowed the traitor a chance to …
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Performing at the Block: Scripting Early Modern Executions
… Historical scaffold confessions followed a formulaic pattern and condemned traitors performed their final moments before a crowd of witnesses with the power to judge the quality of the actor’s deportment, costuming and words. As a public stage, the scaffold allowed the traitor a chance to …
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Indicators of Linguistic Processing Constraints in the Narratives of Individuals with High-Functioning Autism
… controls with respect to speech disruptions and formulaic expressions, features which indicate linguistic processing challenges. Standard language measures and language samples from the ADOS Telling a Story from a Book and Create a Story tasks were collected and analyzed. No between-group …
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Linguistic poetic and rhetoric of Eastern Chatino of San Juan Quiahije
… distinct elements including parallelism, formulaic phrases, difrasismo, sentential adverbs, poetization of grammar, assonance, and performance. Parallelism is one of the most prevalent recurrent poetic tools in SJQ poetics. This verbal art tradition also comprises a large number of …
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The comparison of the effectiveness of the Observe Hypothesise Experiment and the Presentation Practice Production models on teaching procedural language of circumlocution and stalling devices to upper intermediate EFL students
… was conducted in the context of teaching formulaic sequences with pragmatic functions, in this case procedural language for two communication strategies (stalling and circumlocution) to twenty upper-intermediate students enrolled on an International Foundation Programme (IFP) in a UK …
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Fiddle Songs and Banjo Songs: A Description Index
… texts are often improvised, and they tend to be formulaic. The nature of formula is discussed, with analysis of certain formulaic structures in fiddle and banjo verses.</p> <p>The disunity and variability of most fiddle and banjo songs has made them difficult to compare. They are therefore …
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a form of construction: an inquiry into Architecture through the making of a school
… by the prospect of Architecture. it is not formulaic or linear in thought and action and at times it can be difficult and elusive to define. i believe Architecture exists yet experience has shown that not all building endeavors lead to Architecture. i search for Architecture with a …
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Glorified Daughters: The Glorification of Daughters on Roman Epitaphs
… of 20, during the Roman Empire. It discusses the formulaic ways in which daughters were described on their tombstones based on their age and the Roman virtues valued at the time. It primarily focuses on descriptors, superlatives used, the dedicators who commissioned the work, girls who died before …
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Cross-cultural pragmatics: Politeness for the customer in spoken aspects of service in the restaurant in Australian English and Japanese
… such as terms of address and specific types of formulaic expression such as ' I (don 't) think ... ' or ' I (don't) believe' . The speaker may be intending to speak politely in a considerate way. But the hearer's reaction may be quite different.
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Filled With the Spirit: The Musical Life of an Apostolic Pentecostal Church in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois
… and song both attest to the specialized and formulaic character of Pentecostal language, and a reservoir of favorite song texts clearly facilitates verbal performance among congregants. Song texts further provide a fundamental means of communicating the tenets of church doctrine. Pentecostals …
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