LINGUIST List 14.3457

Fri Dec 12 2003

Sum: Pragmatics Reference

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  • Fay Wouk, summary - pragmatics reference

    Message 1: summary - pragmatics reference

    Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 17:05:08 +1300
    From: Fay Wouk <f.woukauckland.ac.nz>
    Subject: summary - pragmatics reference


    Last week I posted a query seeking a lost reference (Linguist 14.3299).

    >Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 18:57:23 -0500 (EST) >From: Fay Wouk <f.woukauckland.ac.nz> >Subject: need reference - cross-cultural pragmatics > > >I read an article a few years ago which compared naturally occurring >data with role play, and possibly also with DCT data, focussing, as I >remember, on the speech act of expression of gratitude. The findings >were to the effect that naturally occurring instances took more turns >and were more elaborate than the role plays. I've misplaced my >reference, and would appreciate it if anyone can supply same. >

    I would like to thank C�sar F�lix-Brasdefer for identifying the article for me.

    >Eisenstein, Miriam, and Jean Bodman. 1986. I >very appreciate: Expressions of gratitude by >native and nonnative speakers of American >English. Applied Linguistics 7: 167-185. > >Eisenstein, Miriam, and Jean Bodman. 1993. >Expressing gratitude in American English. In >Interlanguage pragmatics, ed. G. Kasper and S. >Blum-Kulka, 64-81. New York: Oxford University >Press >

    - Dr. Fay Wouk Senior Lecturer in Linguistics Department of Applied Language Studies and Linguistics University of Auckland Private Bag 92019 Auckland New Zealand f.woukauckland.ac.nz