On Vague Reference in College English
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| Title: | On Vague Reference in College English |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Ma, Jianhe |
| Source: | English Language Teaching. Mar 2011 4(1):240-243. |
| Availability: | Canadian Center of Science and Education. 1120 Finch Avenue West Suite 701-309, Toronto, OH M3J 3H7, Canada. Tel: 416-642-2606; Fax: 416-642-2608; e-mail: elt@ccsenet.org; Web site: http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/elt |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 4 |
| Publication Date: | 2011 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Evaluative |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | College English, Ambiguity (Semantics), Educational Theories, Pragmatics, Syntax, Educational Practices, Structural Grammar |
| ISSN: | 1916-4742 |
| Abstract: | We often come across examples of vague reference in English learning, especially college English learning. On entering college, students tend to feel at a loss since their vocabulary is required to be enlarged rapidly and a variety of reference patterns are included in their learning materials which mostly come from American and European original works. Trying to break away from those traditional researches, this paper proposes to generalize the concept of reference from the perspective of pragmatic functions and analyzes a variety of vague reference phenomena. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Number of References: | 6 |
| Entry Date: | 2015 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1080318 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | We often come across examples of vague reference in English learning, especially college English learning. On entering college, students tend to feel at a loss since their vocabulary is required to be enlarged rapidly and a variety of reference patterns are included in their learning materials which mostly come from American and European original works. Trying to break away from those traditional researches, this paper proposes to generalize the concept of reference from the perspective of pragmatic functions and analyzes a variety of vague reference phenomena. |
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| ISSN: | 1916-4742 |
