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Essay 1500 words essay This assignment involves considering an issue/problem/experience related to communication in your own life . It might be a recurring issue/problem or a ‘one-off’ experience. How do you think this issue/problem/experience might be addressed, illuminated or dealt with by one (or more) of the pragmatics concepts which have been considered so far in this unit?( http://www.doc88.com/p-8498776082418.html) to chapter 6. The assignment will be assessed in relation to the following criteria. You should: • identify and describe a relevant issue or topic in a specific context that you are familiar with; • demonstrate an understanding of the concepts introduced in the readings and study notes that are relevant to your chosen issue; • apply these concepts to a consideration of your chosen issue and context; • write clearly and concisely in academic style; • refer specifically to the relevant readings and study notes to introduce, illustrate and support your own personal reflections; • provide a reference list citing all and only those references cited in the body of your essay; • use APA referencing style; • observe the word limits. Your grade will be mostly determined by: • how well the relevant issue is identified and described; • how well your discussion of the issue is related to the theory. Notice ( I’m from Arabic country) be consider the relevant reading ( important ) Assignment  (1500 word essay Summarya    This assignment involves considering an issue/problem/experience related to communication in your own life . It might be a recurring issue/problem or a ‘one-off’ experience. How do you think this issue/problem/experience might be addressed, illuminated or dealt with by one (or more) of the pragmatics concepts which have been considered so far in this unit?( http://www.doc88.com/p-8498776082418.html) to chapter 6. The assignment will be assessed in relation to the following criteria. You should: •    identify and describe a relevant issue or topic in a specific context that you are familiar with; •    demonstrate an understanding of the concepts introduced in the readings and study notes that are relevant to your chosen issue; •    apply these concepts to a consideration of your chosen issue and context; •    write clearly and concisely in academic style; •    refer specifically to the relevant readings and study notes to introduce, illustrate and support your own personal reflections; •    provide a reference list citing all and only those references cited in the body of your essay; •    use APA referencing style; •    observe the word limits. Your grade will be mostly determined by: •    how well the relevant issue is identified and described; •    how well your discussion of the issue is related to the theory. Notice ( I’m from Arabic country) Relevant Reading: A Cross cultural study: Compliments in Arabic Nelson, G., Al Batal, M., & Echols, E. (1996). Arabic and English compliment responses:  Potential for pragmatic failure. *Archer et al (2012) Unit A10  Cross cultural pragmatics pp 110-118 *Blum Kulka, S. and Olshtain, E. (1984)  Requests and apologies: A cross cultural study of Speech Act Realisation patterns (CCSARP)  Applied Linguistics  5  3 (download from library or find at: http://www.genlingnw.ru/study/Soclinv/files/smrp/CSARP%20Blum-Kulka.pdf ) *Ogiermann, E (2008) On the culture-specificity of linguistic gender differences: The case of English and Russian apologies   Intercultural Pragmatics 5 3 pp 259–286 (download from library) Wierzbicka, A. 2003. Cross-cultural Pragmatics. The semantics of human interaction. (2nd edition). Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter.  Chapter 2 Different cultures, different languages different speech acts, pp 25-65 (download from e-reserve – note that this chapter is split into 2 parts ) Wong J. O  Cultural scripts. ways of speaking and perceptions of personal autonomy: Anglo English vs SIngapore English Intercultural Pragmatics 1 2 pp231–248 Now, look at the CARLA website and read about the studies that have been done on refusals in  American English, Arabic, British English, Chinese, German, Japanese and Spanish. http://www.carla.umn.edu/speechacts/descriptions.html *From the textbook, Archer et al 2012 : Unit A5- section 1-4 *Thomas, J 1995 Meaning in Interaction – an introduction to pragmatics Chapter 3 (pp 55 - 86) {download from e-reserve} Grice, P. (1975) ‘Logic and conversation', in Davidson, D. and G. Harman (eds.) The logic of grammar. Encino, California: Dickinson. {download from e-reserve} Keenan, E. (1976) 'The universality of conversational postulates' in Language in society 5 (67-80) {download from e-reserve} Sarangi and Slembrouck (1992)  Non-co-operation in communication A reassessment of Gricean pragmatics.  Journal of pragmatics 17 117-154 {download from the journal, using the library catalogue.} Bouton L.F 1994 Conversational implicature in a second language: Learned slowly when not deliberately taught Journal of Pragmatics, 22, 2, pp 157-167 {download from the journal, using the library catalogue.}