Explaining the Meaning of Words: A Descriptive Study on Strategies
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| Author: | Andreas Glombitza | ISBN: | 9783638737586 |
| Publisher: | GRIN Publishing | Publication: | May 4, 2007 |
| Imprint: | GRIN Publishing | Language: | English |
| Author: | Andreas Glombitza |
| ISBN: | 9783638737586 |
| Publisher: | GRIN Publishing |
| Publication: | May 4, 2007 |
| Imprint: | GRIN Publishing |
| Language: | English |
Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,0, University of Tubingen (English Seminar/Applied English Linguistics), course: HS Lexical Semantics, 11 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: This paper seeks to describe and analyze typical strategies employed for explaining unknown words. The empirical component is based on a small video-corpus comprising 4x6 interviews with native as well as non-native speakers of English, transcripts are included in the Appendix. The material is analyzed by means of a theoretical apparatus taken from lexical semantics and pragmatics.
Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,0, University of Tubingen (English Seminar/Applied English Linguistics), course: HS Lexical Semantics, 11 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: This paper seeks to describe and analyze typical strategies employed for explaining unknown words. The empirical component is based on a small video-corpus comprising 4x6 interviews with native as well as non-native speakers of English, transcripts are included in the Appendix. The material is analyzed by means of a theoretical apparatus taken from lexical semantics and pragmatics.
