اختبار مبادئ الحوار من خلال اختبارات موجهة نحو هدف معين بواسطة متعلمين عراقيين متقدمين : دراسة دلالية اجتماعية == Testing Dialogue Principles in Task - Oriented Dialogues by Advanced Iraqi EFL Learners : A Socio - Pragmatic Study
Author name:
جعفر حاجم مالح البدري
Supervisor name:
رعد شاكر عبد الحسن النواس
General topic:
Foreign Languages
Specific topic:
English - Applied Linguistics
Degree:
Master
University:
University of Thi-Qar - Faculty Of Education - Department Of English Language
Language:
English
University location:
Dhi Qar
First pages:
06T1111 - p.pdf
Abstract:
Sociolinguists and applied linguists regard the collective performance of language by speech communities as the proper object of study ( Trask , 2007 : 130 ) , so language is a social phenomenon used to satisfy communicative needs . Accordingly , the present study seeks to find the conditions and the principles of a real dialogue and to measure different levels of effort while engaging in dialogues and their development over time . Generally , natural language is an object - oriented language . Hence , there is a kernel of object orientation in all natural languages under the linguistic specifications of expression manner of each natural language . As a result , the object - oriented technique is a mode of any common natural language . This study is concerned with how speakers behave while engaging in a task - oriented dialogue . Speakers have a multitude of decisions to make when producing an utterance . It discusses the hypotheses of Grices ( 1975 ) Cooperative Principle depending on the work of Davies ( 1997 ) . The aims is to compete the explanatory power of Grices Cooperative Principle when it is applied to natural human language data collected by involving advanced Iraqi EFL learners in task - oriented dialogues . Grices Cooperative Principle ( 1975 ) is a real abstract concept that can be tested in different ways . The study converts the mentioned principle into three representative hypotheses about the type of behaviour that they would suppose in dialogue . Then , the effort involved by the participants is coded according to a certain coding system of dialogue behaviour . Accordingly , the three hypotheses could tested on suitably sized dataset . Then , the predictions of the hypotheses on the information generated by the coding system are statistically tested . The data chosen for this study has been drawn from the HCRC Map Task Corpus ( Anderson et al. 1991a ) . A strong support was found for the hypotheses of Gricean Cooperative Principle . The researcher found out that there is evidence that : 1 - dialogue strategies change over time ,2 - there is a decrease of effort over time , and3 - task success improves over time , In this study , there is a focus on the level of the ' move ' . Speakers have their own decisions of the type of the move they employ . There is a categorization of such move - types according to their general and specific type . This labelling system is called by Davies ( 1997 ) the " Typology of Move Attributes " which is described later , see Davies ( 1997 )This study is divided into FIVE chapters : Chapter one is devoted for stating the problem of the study and its significance . Then , there is a presentation of the aims , the hypotheses , the values , the limits of the study and the procedures of the empirical study . Chapter two reviews communicative competence and several approaches to dialogue . Then , it introduces the concept of cooperation as a structuring principle . Finally , it presents the model of study according to which , the researcher operationalizes his hypotheses . Chapter three is concerned with the methodology according to which the study is empiricalized . Chapter four is an empirical study which presents its empirical tools and adopted systems , especially , the coding system and the Typology of Move Attribute . Chapter five presents the conclusions , recommendations and suggestions for further research .
