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TEFL (Subject) / VL 1 (Lesson)
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- Definition of language Language is the ability to acquire and use complex systems of communication, especially the human ability to do so and a language is a specific example of such a system. The science of language is linguistics
- Definition dialect A dialect is a regional variety of language, distinguished by grammar, vocabulary and pronounciation from other regional varieties and constituting together with them a single language.
- Definition accent Accent is only about pronounciation
- What is Received Pronounciation? Received Pronounciation is the accent of Standard British english in the UK. The word received conveys its original meaning of 'accepted'
- What is Cockney English? Cockney English refers to the dialect or accent traditionally spoken by the working-class Londoners.
- What are features of Cockney English? h dropping (harm=arm) th fronting (brover) T glottalisation (better - be : a)
- What is Estuary English? Estuary is an English dialect associated with South East England especially the river Thames and its estuary around london.
- What are features of the Estuary English? non rhoticity t glottalization use of intrusive r
- Name the examples that John Austin gove for pragmatics in his speech act theory 1: My hand has 5 fingers - simply an utterance 2a: I name this ship Mary2 - performing the act of naming the ship 2b: I promise to pick you up at 10 - performing an act of promising
- What are the specifications of a speech act/performatives? The utterance must contain a formative verb The utterance must be in present tense The utterance must be in first person singular e.g. I promise to write her.
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- What is Searles extension of John Austins theory? All utterances are speech acts speaking means performing speech acts possible speech acts: asking for information, giving information, promising etc Could it be possible that all speech acts follow basic rules of language use?
- What are the three parts of a speech act? Locutionary act: actual performance of an utterance Illocutionary act: What the speaker intends to do with his utterance Perlocutionary act: The effect the utterance has on the hearer
- ELT Language function = sprachfunktion = illocutionary act realization patterns = redemittel