Information technology students’ involvement in in-class
debates: Speech acts and modification of the illocutionary
force

J 2022

Information technology students’ involvement in in-class debates: Speech acts and modification of the illocutionary force

ELLEDEROVÁ, Eva

Základní údaje

Originální název

Information technology students’ involvement in in-class debates: Speech acts and modification of the illocutionary force

Autoři

ELLEDEROVÁ, Eva

Vydání

Discourse and Interaction, Brno, Masarykova Universita, 2022, 1802-9930

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

50301 Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]

Stát vydavatele

Česká republika

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Organizační jednotka

Pedagogická fakulta

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5817/DI2022-2-28

EID Scopus

2-s2.0-85150308452

Klíčová slova anglicky

in-class debates; ESP learners; pragmatic competence; speech acts; illocutionary force; boosters; hedges

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 26. 3. 2023 19:34, Mgr. Ing. Eva Ellederová, Ph.D.

Anotace

V originále

Information technology (IT) professionals are a specific discourse community whose oral communication in English as a second language (ESL) predominates at all levels of workplace activities in the multinational IT sector. Since IT students’ pragmatic competence in performing communicative functions is essential for their effective communication in an academic setting and a global work environment, it is important to investigate this aspect of their language systematically and carefully. This paper focuses on IT students’ speech acts and the ways they modify the illocutionary force while participating in in-class debates. The analysis revealed that students used a wide range of speech acts and different metadiscourse markers for both increasing and reducing the illocutionary force. The ways IT students used boosters and hedges also reflect how they assume and share their professional knowledge and experience in their discourse community.

Citovat

ELLEDEROVÁ, Eva. Information technology students’ involvement in in-class debates: Speech acts and modification of the illocutionary force. Discourse and Interaction. Brno: Masarykova Universita, 2022, roč. 15, č. 2, s. 28-52. ISSN 1802-9930. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.5817/DI2022-2-28.

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ELLEDEROVÁ, Eva. Information technology students’ involvement in in-class debates: Speech acts and modification of the illocutionary force. \textit{Discourse and Interaction}. Brno: Masarykova Universita, 2022, roč.~15, č.~2, s.~28-52. ISSN~1802-9930. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.5817/DI2022-2-28.

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