Variation in the use of general extenders and stuff in instant messaging interactions

Fernández, Julieta; Yuldashev, Aziz

doi:10.1016/j.pragma.2011.03.012

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“…Based on previous studies (CUTTING, 2012), (GRANT, 2010), (FERNANDEZ and YULDASHEV, 2011) about vague language, about courtroom language (GONÇALVES, 2011), and about television show language (QUAGLIO, 2009), we were able to support our findings.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 71%

“…Last, it can 'mark in group membership: the referents of vague language can be assumed to be known by the listener', and this function in communities can be used for expressing solidarity, and for excluding outsiders. Some researchers agree that the use of vague language has been allotted to 'a lack of familiarity with more complex form of expression, or treated as a marker of inarticulateness and/or unfocused thinking' (FERNANDEZ;YULDASHEV, 2011YULDASHEV, , p. 2610. On the other hand, Jucker et al (2003Jucker et al ( , p. 1765 support that some 'speakers may choose vague expressions even when they could have stated their utterances more precisely.'…”

Section: Vague Language Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Vague words in Law in Order: Special Victims Unit

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2014

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TV series have been a source of input for English language learners, especially the ones interested in real language use. There are studies that show how close to real life some TV shows are (ORFANO, 2010(ORFANO, , 2012. For this study a corpus of a TV seriesLaw and Order: Special Victim´s Unit (SVU) -was compiled. This corpus is composed of 6 episodes (44.400 words). The analysis considered that every Law and Order episode carries investigation and court scenes. The main point of this investigation is to analyze the use of vague words such as any, anything, anyone, anybody, anyway, and anywhere in the TV show. An analysis of the episodes showed that these words occurred 139 times with a frequency distribution that varied in the investigation and court scenes. The results may reveal that more formal contexts, represented in the TV series by the court scenes, do not favor the use of vague language. In such argumentative contexts speakers tend to be more precise.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 71%

Section: Vague Language Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Vague words in Law in Order: Special Victims Unit

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2014

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“…As noted above, that natural language use is frequently vague has repeatedly been established by researchers (see Channell 1994;Cheng and Warren 2001;Cutting 2007Cutting , 2012Fern ‡ndez 2015;Fern ‡ndez and Yuldashev 2011;Janney 2002;Parvaresh and Tayebi 2014;Pan and Felser 2011;Peires 1997;Powell 1985;Ruzait• 2007;Zhang 2011Zhang , 2013. In the same way, it has been argued that while speakers have the ability to make their language less vague, it would be impossible for them to make it perfectly precise (Williamson 1994).…”

Section: Some Notes On Vlmentioning

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The impact of task structure on the use of vague expressions by EFL learners

Parvaresh

Ahmadian

2016

The Language Learning Journal

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Vague language (e.g. thing, somewhere) is one of the linguistic features which typically differentiate the language use of a native or near-native speaker from that of a language learner since native speakers typically make abundant use of vague expressions. Thus far, however, there has been no published research on how features of pedagogic tasks might encourage L2 learnersÕ production of vague expressions. The present study sets out to examine whether and how task structure affects the number and type of vague expressions used by a group of higher-intermediate EFL learners. The participants were 50 Iranian EFL learners from six intact classes, all native speakers of Persian with limited opportunity to communicate with native speakers of English, and no experience in English-speaking countries. To elicit data, two picture description tasks were used. These picture-stories possessed the defining characteristics of structured and unstructured narrative tasks, respectively. Results revealed that (a) unstructured tasks were associated with the production of significantly more vague expressions; and (b) the most notable differences between performances on the two task types concerned Ôvague nounsÕ, Ôvague quantifiersÕ, Ôvague deintensifiersÕ and Ôvague subjectivisersÕ. The results of the study have implications for both teachers and teacher educators in that they may help identify the kinds of tasks which induce language learners to use vague expressions more frequently.

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“…Cutting 2015). In fact, vague language ''has come to occupy a new place of legitimacy as a potentially crucial area of inquiry into language use, particularly for understanding the dynamics of interpersonal interaction'' (Fernández andYuldashev 2011, p. 2610).…”

Section: Vague Languagementioning

confidence: 99%