As a major criterion for textuality and a prominent term in discourse analysis, discourse cohesion is used on the one hand, to identify the linguistic features that cause the sentences to ＂cohere＂, and on the other ...As a major criterion for textuality and a prominent term in discourse analysis, discourse cohesion is used on the one hand, to identify the linguistic features that cause the sentences to ＂cohere＂, and on the other hand, is to make the sentences in the discourse display some kind of mutual dependence. The paper has intensively analyzed the radio interview between Edward Heath and an interviewer from the perspective of discourse cohesion. After an in-depth analysis, the paper concludes that the interview is quite structurally cohesive by adopting several grammatical cohesive devices or ties, such as the verbal form, the time relator, the conjunction, the reference, the substitution, and the ellipsis, especially the reference and conjunction展开更多
This research,grounded in the theory of discourse intonation,investigates Chinese EFL learners' intonation features in interactive context.Its research findings reveal that Chinese EFL learners differ from British...This research,grounded in the theory of discourse intonation,investigates Chinese EFL learners' intonation features in interactive context.Its research findings reveal that Chinese EFL learners differ from British native speakers in their application of tone units,prominence selection and tone choice.It further points out that these intonation features are caused on the one hand by Chinese EFL learners' relatively low English proficiency level and on the other hand by their lack of awareness of the communicative and discourse function of intonation.Based on these findings,this research proposes that a discourse-based awareness-raising approach to intonation teaching in the input-poor Chinese EFL context might be of pedagogical necessity and effectiveness.展开更多
文摘As a major criterion for textuality and a prominent term in discourse analysis, discourse cohesion is used on the one hand, to identify the linguistic features that cause the sentences to ＂cohere＂, and on the other hand, is to make the sentences in the discourse display some kind of mutual dependence. The paper has intensively analyzed the radio interview between Edward Heath and an interviewer from the perspective of discourse cohesion. After an in-depth analysis, the paper concludes that the interview is quite structurally cohesive by adopting several grammatical cohesive devices or ties, such as the verbal form, the time relator, the conjunction, the reference, the substitution, and the ellipsis, especially the reference and conjunction
文摘This research,grounded in the theory of discourse intonation,investigates Chinese EFL learners' intonation features in interactive context.Its research findings reveal that Chinese EFL learners differ from British native speakers in their application of tone units,prominence selection and tone choice.It further points out that these intonation features are caused on the one hand by Chinese EFL learners' relatively low English proficiency level and on the other hand by their lack of awareness of the communicative and discourse function of intonation.Based on these findings,this research proposes that a discourse-based awareness-raising approach to intonation teaching in the input-poor Chinese EFL context might be of pedagogical necessity and effectiveness.
