16.3197, Qs: Discourse Analysis & Teaching; Lexical Clitics

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LINGUIST List: Vol-16-3197. Mon Nov 07 2005. ISSN: 1068 - 4875.

Subject: 16.3197, Qs: Discourse Analysis & Teaching; Lexical Clitics

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1)
Date: 04-Nov-2005
From: Hamed Azizinia < Ha_azizinia at yahoo.co.in >
Subject: Critical Discourse Analysis and Teaching 

2)
Date: 03-Nov-2005
From: Ro Ni < fxr41 at yahoo.co.uk >
Subject: Clitics with Lexical Meaning 

	
-------------------------Message 1 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2005 17:08:25
From: Hamed Azizinia < Ha_azizinia at yahoo.co.in >
Subject: Critical Discourse Analysis and Teaching 
 


In TEFL area, I work on a project and a M.A. thesis these days. My
colleagues and I demonstrate the relationship between discursive structures
and ideological structures in formal sample speeches through Fairclough's
(1989,1995) Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) model. This process is
performed in Persian that is our native language.

On the other hand, we've decided to use the results of this critical
analysis in teaching English. Since we have seen lots of shortcomings in
our subjects' essays (our subjects are upper-intermediate learners of
English) which all came from their ignorance of using discursive
structures, we tried to show the importance of main discursive structures
and their lacks in our subjects' writings. Here, we want to provide a
connection between our CDA results and their pedagogical application in
writing but we cannot agree on the methodology for providing this goal. 

Please, tell us:

What methodology can we use here? And, How can we indicate this connection
systematically? 

Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis
                     Pragmatics
                     Writing Systems


	
-------------------------Message 2 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2005 17:08:28
From: Ro Ni < fxr41 at yahoo.co.uk >
Subject: Clitics with Lexical Meaning 

	

Dear linguists,
  
Clitics are mostly concerned with conveying grammatical meanings/functions.
Are you aware of any language/dialect in which clitics convey lexical,
particularly honorific, meanings/functions? Is the Japanese post-nominal
-san a clitic of lexical/honorific sort?
  
I am grateful to you for your replies.

Kind regards,
R. Ni 

Linguistic Field(s): Pragmatics
 



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