Based on conversation analysis theory,this study explored how teachers and students used discourse markers in foreign language classrooms and how these markers affect classroom interaction.The results showed that teac...Based on conversation analysis theory,this study explored how teachers and students used discourse markers in foreign language classrooms and how these markers affect classroom interaction.The results showed that teachers use different discourse markers in different teaching stages such as lead-in,presentation,practice and summary to make their teaching more organized and clearer.However,students used these markers less often,and their expressions are often less coherent.Based on these findings,the study suggests teaching strategies for teachers and learning strategies for students to improve how they use discourse markers.This can help make foreign language teaching more effective and interactive.展开更多
Sally Rooney,a young Irish writer,has been dubbed“the first great novelist of the millennial generation”.Conversations with Friends,her first work,demonstrates amazing insight and subtle expression as she explores a...Sally Rooney,a young Irish writer,has been dubbed“the first great novelist of the millennial generation”.Conversations with Friends,her first work,demonstrates amazing insight and subtle expression as she explores a wide range of realistic issues such as modern intimacy,class injustice,and politics,all while depicting the complex interaction between two college girls and a celebrity couple from Dublin.This paper will use psychoanalytic viewpoints from scholars such as Freud,Garland,and Kaufman to examine the trauma and shame experienced by the heroine Frances,as well as the possibilities and ways in which adults can heal the trauma.Rooney completes the trauma narrative of modern people by portraying the life and feelings of Frances,a normal modern youth.展开更多
Although generative conversational artificial intelligence(AI)can answer questions well and hold conversations as a person,the semantic ambiguity inherent in text-based communication poses challenges to effective use....Although generative conversational artificial intelligence(AI)can answer questions well and hold conversations as a person,the semantic ambiguity inherent in text-based communication poses challenges to effective use.Effective use reflects the users’utilization of generative conversational AI to achieve their goals,which has not been previously studied.Drawing on the media naturalness theory,we examined how generative conversational AI’s content and style naturalness affect effective use.A two-wave survey was conducted to collect data from 565 users of generative conversational AI.Two techniques were used in this study.Initially,partial least squares structural equation modeling(PLS-SEM)was applied to determine the variables that significantly affected the mechanisms(i.e.,cognitive effort and communication ambiguity)and effective use.Secondly,an artificial neural network model was used to evaluate the relative importance of the significant predictors of mechanisms and effective use identified from the PLS-SEM analysis.The results revealed that the naturalness of content and style differed in their effects on cognitive effort and communication ambiguity.Additionally,cognitive effort and communication ambiguity negatively affected effective use.This study advances the literature on effective use by uncovering the psychological mechanisms underlying effective use and their antecedents.In addition,this study offers insights into the design of generative conversational AI.展开更多
In the context of globalization and digitalization,English has emerged as the primary language for international communication,making fluent conversational English skills essential for personal and professional growth...In the context of globalization and digitalization,English has emerged as the primary language for international communication,making fluent conversational English skills essential for personal and professional growth.The advent of We-Media,encompassing various online platforms,such as social media,blogs,and video content,has revolutionized the way English learners acquire and practice conversational skills.This paper explores the effective utilization of We-Media to enhance English conversational abilities,proposing practical strategies for both learners and educators.By integrating theories,such as second language acquisition,communicative language teaching,and media richness theory,the study highlights the strengths and challenges of We-Media in English learning.Through case studies and empirical analysis,the paper demonstrates the positive impact of We-Media on learners’speaking skills,emphasizing the importance of self-management,goal-setting,and consistent practice.The findings suggest that We-Media offers a flexible and diverse learning environment,but its effectiveness depends on learners’ability to self-regulate and employ effective learning strategies.The paper concludes with recommendations for future research and practical suggestions for educators and learners to maximize the benefits of We-Media in English education.展开更多
Implicature is a universal feature of human communication.In conversations,it is common to see examples of something unsaid but communicated.After introducing the theory of conversational impilcature and its four maxi...Implicature is a universal feature of human communication.In conversations,it is common to see examples of something unsaid but communicated.After introducing the theory of conversational impilcature and its four maxims,this paper presents English and Chinese examples to compare their conversational implicature,and finds conversational implicature exists in both Chinese and English conversation.展开更多
Mansfield Park is one of Jane Austen's masterpieces. There are a lot of lively vivid dialogues in the novel. Conversational implicature is analyzed from the perspective of progmatics in Mansfield Park will be prov...Mansfield Park is one of Jane Austen's masterpieces. There are a lot of lively vivid dialogues in the novel. Conversational implicature is analyzed from the perspective of progmatics in Mansfield Park will be provided in this article.展开更多
What are the articulative semiotic characteristics of the Instagram interface, and how do they contribute to the construction of documentary, conversational photographic discourses with social purposes？ This is a sem...What are the articulative semiotic characteristics of the Instagram interface, and how do they contribute to the construction of documentary, conversational photographic discourses with social purposes？ This is a semiotic analysis of the Instagram interface as an interactive and conversational platform in creating new photographic documentary strategies for social purposes, to which we have applied the model of textual conversation as outlined by Bettetini （1984） and the concept of multidimensional interactivity proposed by Sally McMillan （2006）. We shall analyse the work of Pachi Tamer （@cachafaz） in Instagram,and in particular the ＂Jim-Oktoberfest＂ case, the One-Dollar-Dreams site and the same author＇s ＂Sebasti^in＂ case from a semiotic perspective.展开更多
This article reflects on the process of transcribing spoken interaction and makes a comparative analysis of two different varieties of spoken interaction(casual conver- sation and institutional talk). By doing so, it ...This article reflects on the process of transcribing spoken interaction and makes a comparative analysis of two different varieties of spoken interaction(casual conver- sation and institutional talk). By doing so, it reveals how the different purposes of speech result in their distinctive characteristics, and shows how language is struc- tured to construct ideational meanings(Field) and interpersonal meanings(Tenor) that define each context.展开更多
Based on the theory of conversation, turn,and turn-taking, this paper selects three non-English major college English teachers' English lessons as the research subjects. Through classroom observation, recording, v...Based on the theory of conversation, turn,and turn-taking, this paper selects three non-English major college English teachers' English lessons as the research subjects. Through classroom observation, recording, video and transcript, and by using Microsoft Excel2007 to collect and analyze data, this paper focuses on the teachers' conversational fillers in transitional relevance point. This study will contribute significantly to teachers' taking measures to reduce the impacts of negative transfer of mother tongue on natural and fluent communication and improve the quality of communicative language teaching.展开更多
Conversational Implicature Theory is one important theory of pragmatics. It focuses on the implied meaning of the speakers and plays an important role in speech communication.
Cultural values determine and influence the communicative competence in a substantial way.Conversational styles are also demonstrated by cultural values which are obvious to be discovered in any cultures.The paper is ...Cultural values determine and influence the communicative competence in a substantial way.Conversational styles are also demonstrated by cultural values which are obvious to be discovered in any cultures.The paper is aimed at making a brief analysis of differences between Chinese and English from the perspective of the intercultural communication for the promotion of language abilities for learners during the cultural exchanges.展开更多
Translation has always been acknowledged as one main branch of linguistics.Catford holds that translation is a specific linguistic theory.It’s necessary and important to study the relationship between translation and...Translation has always been acknowledged as one main branch of linguistics.Catford holds that translation is a specific linguistic theory.It’s necessary and important to study the relationship between translation and linguistic.Many scholars have proposed many opinions on the impacts of conversational implicature.From the academic perspective and on the basis of Grice,H.P’s conversational implicature theory,this article makes a careful analysis of conversational implicature and translation by giving exact definition and discussing the features of them.This article talks about the relationship between conversational implicature and translation by giving definitions and setting examples,hoping to help translation in further and make a great contribution to the development of translation.展开更多
The term“pragmatics borrowing”refers to a conscious use of foreign pragmatic marker within or between utterances.Distinctive pragmatics functions of using the“cross-linguistic”pragmatic markers in online conversat...The term“pragmatics borrowing”refers to a conscious use of foreign pragmatic marker within or between utterances.Distinctive pragmatics functions of using the“cross-linguistic”pragmatic markers in online conversations have become a research focus.In a sample of Wechat communication among university students,the English pragmatics marker“em”and its variations occurred frequently.By analyzing its spelling variations,placement,pragmatic meanings and functions,the study indicates that,besides using it as a hesitator,chat participants consciously use this foreign pragmatic marker as a buffer for later utterance,which is usually an apology or a request,to soften the intonation and give the addressee an impression of politeness.展开更多
Dialogues are fundamentally driven by xu(C. Wang, 2016, 2017), a Chinese word meaning continuation that captures the process in which interlocutors participate in interaction through the actions of(utterance) completi...Dialogues are fundamentally driven by xu(C. Wang, 2016, 2017), a Chinese word meaning continuation that captures the process in which interlocutors participate in interaction through the actions of(utterance) completion,(content) extension, and(topic) creation(CEC). This article reports a conversation analytic case study designed to investigate how the continuation strategies of CEC are used in real-time communication to achieve mutual understanding, and thus to construct intersubjectivity(Verhagen, 2005) and promote the development of second language(L2)interactional competence. Our data consisted of audio and video recordings of a 25-minute conversation between two L2 English speakers, one expert and one novice, and a stimulated recall interview with them. Results revealed that the expert employed CEC at the early stage of interaction to maintain successful communication, and the novice gradually aligned with the expert and used CEC to achieve mutual understanding, construct intersubjectivity, and create opportunities for interaction and learning at the late stage, displaying her development of L2 interactional competence. Our findings have useful implications for theoretical and methodological development of the xu-argument studies as well as for xu-based L2 pedagogy.展开更多
We propose a Rate-Distortion (RD) optimized strategy for frame-dropping and scheduling of multi-user conversa- tional and streaming videos. We consider a scenario where conversational and streaming videos share the fo...We propose a Rate-Distortion (RD) optimized strategy for frame-dropping and scheduling of multi-user conversa- tional and streaming videos. We consider a scenario where conversational and streaming videos share the forwarding resources at a network node. Two buffers are setup on the node to temporarily store the packets for these two types of video applications. For streaming video, a big buffer is used as the associated delay constraint of the application is moderate and a very small buffer is used for conversational video to ensure that the forwarding delay of every packet is limited. A scheduler is located behind these two buffers that dynamically assigns transmission slots on the outgoing link to the two buffers. Rate-distortion side information is used to perform RD-optimized frame dropping in case of node overload. Sharing the data rate on the outgoing link between the con- versational and the streaming videos is done either based on the fullness of the two associated buffers or on the mean incoming rates of the respective videos. Simulation results showed that our proposed RD-optimized frame dropping and scheduling ap- proach provides significant improvements in performance over the popular priority-based random dropping (PRD) technique.展开更多
Handling emotions in human‐computer dialogues has emerged as a challenging task which requires artificial intelligence systems to generate emotional responses by jointly perceiving the emotion involved in the input p...Handling emotions in human‐computer dialogues has emerged as a challenging task which requires artificial intelligence systems to generate emotional responses by jointly perceiving the emotion involved in the input posts and incorporating it into the gener-ation of semantically coherent and emotionally reasonable responses.However,most previous works generate emotional responses solely from input posts,which do not take full advantage of the training corpus and suffer from generating generic responses.In this study,we introduce a hierarchical semantic‐emotional memory module for emotional conversation generation(called HSEMEC),which can learn abstract semantic conver-sation patterns and emotional information from the large training corpus.The learnt semantic and emotional knowledge helps to enrich the post representation and assist the emotional conversation generation.Comprehensive experiments on a large real‐world conversation corpus show that HSEMEC can outperform the strong baselines on both automatic and manual evaluation.For reproducibility,we release the code and data publicly at:https://github.com/siat‐nlp/HSEMEC‐code‐data.展开更多
Understanding an utterance is far from proposition analysis and literal meaning interpretation. It is the unity of what is said and what is implicated. Grice＇s theory of conversational implicature provides some expli...Understanding an utterance is far from proposition analysis and literal meaning interpretation. It is the unity of what is said and what is implicated. Grice＇s theory of conversational implicature provides some explicit account of how it is possible to mean more than what is literally expressed by the conventional sense of the linguistic expressions uttered. Using this theory, we can infer the speaker＇s real attention, appreciate figure of speech in literary work, and improve our communicative competence.展开更多
Though Chinese conversation structure has some overlap with the English conversation structure, it has many differences in the details because of the in? uence of unique Chinese culture. This thesis analyses every par...Though Chinese conversation structure has some overlap with the English conversation structure, it has many differences in the details because of the in? uence of unique Chinese culture. This thesis analyses every part of the Chinese conversation structure by listing many concrete examples which reflects how Chinese culture in? uence the Chinese conversation structure.展开更多
基金Survey on the Use of Discourse Markers by Teachers and Students in Foreign Language Classrooms:Taking Teaching Stages and Contexts as Examples(Project No.:20240847)Ideological and Political Teaching Practice of Linguistics Course Under New Liberal Arts(Project No.:JG2023074)。
文摘Based on conversation analysis theory,this study explored how teachers and students used discourse markers in foreign language classrooms and how these markers affect classroom interaction.The results showed that teachers use different discourse markers in different teaching stages such as lead-in,presentation,practice and summary to make their teaching more organized and clearer.However,students used these markers less often,and their expressions are often less coherent.Based on these findings,the study suggests teaching strategies for teachers and learning strategies for students to improve how they use discourse markers.This can help make foreign language teaching more effective and interactive.
文摘Sally Rooney,a young Irish writer,has been dubbed“the first great novelist of the millennial generation”.Conversations with Friends,her first work,demonstrates amazing insight and subtle expression as she explores a wide range of realistic issues such as modern intimacy,class injustice,and politics,all while depicting the complex interaction between two college girls and a celebrity couple from Dublin.This paper will use psychoanalytic viewpoints from scholars such as Freud,Garland,and Kaufman to examine the trauma and shame experienced by the heroine Frances,as well as the possibilities and ways in which adults can heal the trauma.Rooney completes the trauma narrative of modern people by portraying the life and feelings of Frances,a normal modern youth.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(Grant No.72171095)the National Social Science Foundation of China(Grant No.22VRC153)the Wuhan Textile University Fund(Grant Nos.2024289 and 2024380)。
文摘Although generative conversational artificial intelligence(AI)can answer questions well and hold conversations as a person,the semantic ambiguity inherent in text-based communication poses challenges to effective use.Effective use reflects the users’utilization of generative conversational AI to achieve their goals,which has not been previously studied.Drawing on the media naturalness theory,we examined how generative conversational AI’s content and style naturalness affect effective use.A two-wave survey was conducted to collect data from 565 users of generative conversational AI.Two techniques were used in this study.Initially,partial least squares structural equation modeling(PLS-SEM)was applied to determine the variables that significantly affected the mechanisms(i.e.,cognitive effort and communication ambiguity)and effective use.Secondly,an artificial neural network model was used to evaluate the relative importance of the significant predictors of mechanisms and effective use identified from the PLS-SEM analysis.The results revealed that the naturalness of content and style differed in their effects on cognitive effort and communication ambiguity.Additionally,cognitive effort and communication ambiguity negatively affected effective use.This study advances the literature on effective use by uncovering the psychological mechanisms underlying effective use and their antecedents.In addition,this study offers insights into the design of generative conversational AI.
文摘In the context of globalization and digitalization,English has emerged as the primary language for international communication,making fluent conversational English skills essential for personal and professional growth.The advent of We-Media,encompassing various online platforms,such as social media,blogs,and video content,has revolutionized the way English learners acquire and practice conversational skills.This paper explores the effective utilization of We-Media to enhance English conversational abilities,proposing practical strategies for both learners and educators.By integrating theories,such as second language acquisition,communicative language teaching,and media richness theory,the study highlights the strengths and challenges of We-Media in English learning.Through case studies and empirical analysis,the paper demonstrates the positive impact of We-Media on learners’speaking skills,emphasizing the importance of self-management,goal-setting,and consistent practice.The findings suggest that We-Media offers a flexible and diverse learning environment,but its effectiveness depends on learners’ability to self-regulate and employ effective learning strategies.The paper concludes with recommendations for future research and practical suggestions for educators and learners to maximize the benefits of We-Media in English education.
文摘Implicature is a universal feature of human communication.In conversations,it is common to see examples of something unsaid but communicated.After introducing the theory of conversational impilcature and its four maxims,this paper presents English and Chinese examples to compare their conversational implicature,and finds conversational implicature exists in both Chinese and English conversation.
文摘Mansfield Park is one of Jane Austen's masterpieces. There are a lot of lively vivid dialogues in the novel. Conversational implicature is analyzed from the perspective of progmatics in Mansfield Park will be provided in this article.
文摘What are the articulative semiotic characteristics of the Instagram interface, and how do they contribute to the construction of documentary, conversational photographic discourses with social purposes？ This is a semiotic analysis of the Instagram interface as an interactive and conversational platform in creating new photographic documentary strategies for social purposes, to which we have applied the model of textual conversation as outlined by Bettetini （1984） and the concept of multidimensional interactivity proposed by Sally McMillan （2006）. We shall analyse the work of Pachi Tamer （@cachafaz） in Instagram,and in particular the ＂Jim-Oktoberfest＂ case, the One-Dollar-Dreams site and the same author＇s ＂Sebasti^in＂ case from a semiotic perspective.
文摘This article reflects on the process of transcribing spoken interaction and makes a comparative analysis of two different varieties of spoken interaction(casual conver- sation and institutional talk). By doing so, it reveals how the different purposes of speech result in their distinctive characteristics, and shows how language is struc- tured to construct ideational meanings(Field) and interpersonal meanings(Tenor) that define each context.
文摘Based on the theory of conversation, turn,and turn-taking, this paper selects three non-English major college English teachers' English lessons as the research subjects. Through classroom observation, recording, video and transcript, and by using Microsoft Excel2007 to collect and analyze data, this paper focuses on the teachers' conversational fillers in transitional relevance point. This study will contribute significantly to teachers' taking measures to reduce the impacts of negative transfer of mother tongue on natural and fluent communication and improve the quality of communicative language teaching.
文摘Conversational Implicature Theory is one important theory of pragmatics. It focuses on the implied meaning of the speakers and plays an important role in speech communication.
文摘Cultural values determine and influence the communicative competence in a substantial way.Conversational styles are also demonstrated by cultural values which are obvious to be discovered in any cultures.The paper is aimed at making a brief analysis of differences between Chinese and English from the perspective of the intercultural communication for the promotion of language abilities for learners during the cultural exchanges.
文摘Translation has always been acknowledged as one main branch of linguistics.Catford holds that translation is a specific linguistic theory.It’s necessary and important to study the relationship between translation and linguistic.Many scholars have proposed many opinions on the impacts of conversational implicature.From the academic perspective and on the basis of Grice,H.P’s conversational implicature theory,this article makes a careful analysis of conversational implicature and translation by giving exact definition and discussing the features of them.This article talks about the relationship between conversational implicature and translation by giving definitions and setting examples,hoping to help translation in further and make a great contribution to the development of translation.
文摘The term“pragmatics borrowing”refers to a conscious use of foreign pragmatic marker within or between utterances.Distinctive pragmatics functions of using the“cross-linguistic”pragmatic markers in online conversations have become a research focus.In a sample of Wechat communication among university students,the English pragmatics marker“em”and its variations occurred frequently.By analyzing its spelling variations,placement,pragmatic meanings and functions,the study indicates that,besides using it as a hesitator,chat participants consciously use this foreign pragmatic marker as a buffer for later utterance,which is usually an apology or a request,to soften the intonation and give the addressee an impression of politeness.
文摘Dialogues are fundamentally driven by xu(C. Wang, 2016, 2017), a Chinese word meaning continuation that captures the process in which interlocutors participate in interaction through the actions of(utterance) completion,(content) extension, and(topic) creation(CEC). This article reports a conversation analytic case study designed to investigate how the continuation strategies of CEC are used in real-time communication to achieve mutual understanding, and thus to construct intersubjectivity(Verhagen, 2005) and promote the development of second language(L2)interactional competence. Our data consisted of audio and video recordings of a 25-minute conversation between two L2 English speakers, one expert and one novice, and a stimulated recall interview with them. Results revealed that the expert employed CEC at the early stage of interaction to maintain successful communication, and the novice gradually aligned with the expert and used CEC to achieve mutual understanding, construct intersubjectivity, and create opportunities for interaction and learning at the late stage, displaying her development of L2 interactional competence. Our findings have useful implications for theoretical and methodological development of the xu-argument studies as well as for xu-based L2 pedagogy.
基金Project (No. STE1093/1-1) supported by the German ResearchFoundation, Germany
文摘We propose a Rate-Distortion (RD) optimized strategy for frame-dropping and scheduling of multi-user conversa- tional and streaming videos. We consider a scenario where conversational and streaming videos share the forwarding resources at a network node. Two buffers are setup on the node to temporarily store the packets for these two types of video applications. For streaming video, a big buffer is used as the associated delay constraint of the application is moderate and a very small buffer is used for conversational video to ensure that the forwarding delay of every packet is limited. A scheduler is located behind these two buffers that dynamically assigns transmission slots on the outgoing link to the two buffers. Rate-distortion side information is used to perform RD-optimized frame dropping in case of node overload. Sharing the data rate on the outgoing link between the con- versational and the streaming videos is done either based on the fullness of the two associated buffers or on the mean incoming rates of the respective videos. Simulation results showed that our proposed RD-optimized frame dropping and scheduling ap- proach provides significant improvements in performance over the popular priority-based random dropping (PRD) technique.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.61906185,61876053)the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province of China(No.2019A1515011705 and No.2021A1515011905)+2 种基金the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of CAS China(No.2020357)the Shenzhen Basic Research Foundation(No.JCYJ20210324115614039 and No.JCYJ20200109113441941)the Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Program(Grant No.KQTD20190929172835662).
文摘Handling emotions in human‐computer dialogues has emerged as a challenging task which requires artificial intelligence systems to generate emotional responses by jointly perceiving the emotion involved in the input posts and incorporating it into the gener-ation of semantically coherent and emotionally reasonable responses.However,most previous works generate emotional responses solely from input posts,which do not take full advantage of the training corpus and suffer from generating generic responses.In this study,we introduce a hierarchical semantic‐emotional memory module for emotional conversation generation(called HSEMEC),which can learn abstract semantic conver-sation patterns and emotional information from the large training corpus.The learnt semantic and emotional knowledge helps to enrich the post representation and assist the emotional conversation generation.Comprehensive experiments on a large real‐world conversation corpus show that HSEMEC can outperform the strong baselines on both automatic and manual evaluation.For reproducibility,we release the code and data publicly at:https://github.com/siat‐nlp/HSEMEC‐code‐data.
文摘Understanding an utterance is far from proposition analysis and literal meaning interpretation. It is the unity of what is said and what is implicated. Grice＇s theory of conversational implicature provides some explicit account of how it is possible to mean more than what is literally expressed by the conventional sense of the linguistic expressions uttered. Using this theory, we can infer the speaker＇s real attention, appreciate figure of speech in literary work, and improve our communicative competence.
文摘Though Chinese conversation structure has some overlap with the English conversation structure, it has many differences in the details because of the in? uence of unique Chinese culture. This thesis analyses every part of the Chinese conversation structure by listing many concrete examples which reflects how Chinese culture in? uence the Chinese conversation structure.
