Discourse-pragmatic features of spoken French : analysis and pedagogical implications
My research focuses on selected discourse features of spoken French, especially those typical of present-day youth language. The dissertation has two main parts: 1) Analysis of features typical of spoken language, based on my corpus of recorded data from young people aged 20 to 30, speaking to each other in spontaneous informal conversations. The analysis focuses particularly on features with discourse-pragmatic functions, including discourse markers, general extenders, presentational constructions and dislocated structures. I also address the question of how some of these typically spoken features develop in French youth language and the extent to which they may be considered innovative. 2) Discussion of the role of spoken language in foreign language teaching and learning, based partly on the results of a questionnaire for university learners of French as a foreign language aimed at investigating their knowledge of spoken features. This section addresses the question of whether features of spoken language generally, and of youth language in particular, are available to foreign learners.
Secova, Maria
Linguistics ; French Language
Discourse-pragmatic features of spoken French : analysis and pedagogical implications. My research focuses on selected discourse features of spoken French, especially those typical of present-day youth language. The dissertation has two main parts: 1) Analysis of features typical of spoken language, based on my corpus of recorded data from young people aged 20 to 30, speaking to each other in spontaneous informal conversations. The analysis focuses particularly on features with discourse-pragmatic functions, including discourse markers, general extenders, presentational constructions and dislocated structures. I also address the question of how some of these typically spoken features develop in French youth language and the extent to which they may be considered innovative. 2) Discussion of the role of spoken language in foreign language teaching and learning, based partly on the results of a questionnaire for university learners of French as a foreign language aimed at investigating their knowledge of spoken features. This section addresses the question of whether features of spoken language generally, and of youth language in particular, are available to foreign learners.
discourse pragmatic feature speak french analysis pedagogical_implication focus select discourse feature speak french especially typical present_day youth language two_main part analysis feature typical spoken_language base_corpus record data young_people age speak spontaneous informal conversation analysis focus_particularly feature discourse pragmatic function include discourse_marker general presentational construction dislocate structure also_address question typically spoken feature develop french youth language extent may_consider innovative discussion role spoken_language foreign_language teach_learning base partly questionnaire university learner french foreign_language aim_investigate knowledge speak feature section address question_whether feature speak_language generally youth language particular available foreign learner