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Pragmatic variation within languages 语言内部的语用差异

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Journal of Pragmatics Pub Date : 2024-09-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2024.07.014

Klaus P. Schneider

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Pragmatic aspects of wh-interrogatives in Marzahn German 马尔扎恩德语中wh-问句的语用问题

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Journal of Pragmatics Pub Date : 2024-09-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2024.08.003

Hans-Martin Gärtner , Andreas Pankau

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Epistemic positioning and knowledge-building in postgraduate neuroscience classroom interaction 神经科学研究生课堂互动中的认识定位和知识建构

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Journal of Pragmatics Pub Date : 2024-09-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2024.08.009

Merve Bozbıyık , Tom Morton

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Teacher mobility during small-group instructional rounds for young EFL learners: An embodied resource to promote students' task engagement 教师在针对年轻 EFL 学习者的小组教学活动中的移动性：促进学生参与任务的体现性资源

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Journal of Pragmatics Pub Date : 2024-09-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2024.08.002

In Ji (Sera) Chun

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A contrastive investigation of the performative and descriptive use of surprise frames in judicial opinions of the HKSAR 对香港特别行政区司法意见中惊喜框架的表演性和描述性使用的对比研究

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Journal of Pragmatics Pub Date : 2024-09-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2024.08.008

Jamie McKeown

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Everyone's been wondering what are the mechanisms for interpreting embedded root clauses in German and English… 每个人都想知道德语和英语中嵌入式词根分句的解释机制是什么...

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Journal of Pragmatics Pub Date : 2024-09-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2024.08.004

Rebecca Woods

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Mediating expert knowledge: The use of pragmatic strategies in digital research digests 专家知识的中介：在数字研究文摘中使用实用策略

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Journal of Pragmatics Pub Date : 2024-09-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2024.08.007

Rosa Lorés

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Journal of Pragmatics Pub Date : 2024-09-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2024.08.005

Weizhao Gong, Tiancheng Chen

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Are you serious? Workplace agenda and aesthetic negotiations with depictions at opera rehearsals 你是认真的吗？歌剧排练中的工作议程和审美协商与描述

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Journal of Pragmatics Pub Date : 2024-08-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2024.08.001

Agnes Löfgren , Leelo Keevallik , Emily Hofstetter

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Vocalizations in orchestra rehearsals: Sequential organization and interactional functions 管弦乐队排练时的发声：顺序组织和互动功能

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Journal of Pragmatics Pub Date : 2024-08-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2024.07.009

Monika Messner

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