Search for dissertations about: "english conversation"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 29 swedish dissertations containing the words english conversation.

  2. 6. Making sense digitally : Conversational coherence in online and mixed-mode contexts

    Author : Therese Örnberg Berglund; Patrik Svensson; Mathias Broth; Elizabeth Keating; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Conversational coherence; context; communicative affordances; conversation analysis; multimodality; cohesion; sequential structure; attention; polyfocality; polycontextuality; English language; Engelska språket; Human communication; Kommunikation mellan människor; engelska; English;

    Abstract : Successful interaction makes sense to its participants – it is, in other words, coherent. As different resources are employed to indicate mutual orientation by showing which actions are linked and where attention is paid, coherent conversation can be said to be achieved multimodally. READ MORE

  4. 7. Evidential marking in spoken English : Linguistic functions and gender variation

    Author : Erika Berglind Söderqvist; Merja Kytö; Angela Hoffman; Marta Carretero; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Evidentiality; spoken language; English; corpus linguistics; gender; style; pragmatics; sociolinguistics; English; Engelska;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the marking of evidentiality in spoken British English. Evidentiality is the linguistic expression of whether and how a speaker/writer has access to evidence for or against the truth of a proposition, and it is usually manifested in the form of sensory evidentiality (e.g. I saw Sam leave), hearsay evidentiality (e. READ MORE

  5. 8. Pragmatic expressions in English : a study of you know, you see and I mean in face-to-face conversation

    Author : Britt Erman; Stockholms universitet; []
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  6. 9. Auto Mechanics in English : Language Use and Classroom Identity Work

    Author : Janne Kontio; Ann-Carita Evaldsson; Guadalupe Francia; Helga Kotthoff; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Classroom Discourse; English Medium Instruction; Ethnomethodology; Identity Work; Linguistic Ethnography; Social Interaction; Vocational Education; Pedagogik; Education;

    Abstract : This is a compilation thesis consisting of three different articles with the purpose to explore the relationships between language practices, identity construction and learning in the context of the Vehicle Program, a vocational program in Swedish upper secondary schools. A feature of the particular setting studied here that sets it apart from the general education of auto mechanics in Sweden is that it was carried out in English. READ MORE

  7. 10. Language and interaction in online asynchronous communication in university level English courses

    Author : Julie Skogs; Solveig Granath; Mats Deutschmann; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Discussion forums; asynchronous CMC; net-based learning; interaction; discourse; English; Engelska; Intercultural Studies;

    Abstract : Interaction involves people communicating and reacting to each other. This process is key to the study of discourse, but it is not easy to study systematically how interaction takes place in a specific communicative event, or how it is typically performed over a series of repeated communicative events. READ MORE