Bc. Pavlína Beranová

Master's thesis

I mean as a filler in academic spoken American English

I mean as a filler in academic spoken American English
Abstract:
Diplomová práce zkoumá pragmatické funkce vycpávkového slova I mean v akademické mluvené americké angličtině. Dva typy mluvených situací, studentské prezentace a seminář, byly vybrány z databáze textů akademické angličtiny Michiganské univerzity a analyzovány v souvislosti s četností výskytu vycpávkového slova I mean. Dále se autorka pokouší identifikovat možné pragmatické funkce I mean v obou mluvených …more
Abstract:
The diploma thesis investigates pragmatic functions of the verbal filler I mean in academic spoken American English. Two types of speech events, namely student presentations and seminars, were chosen from the Michigan Corpus of Academic English and analysed in terms of the frequency of I mean. Further, the author attempts to identify possible pragmatic functions of I mean in the two speech event situations …more
 
 
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 1. 4. 2019

Thesis defence

  • Date of defence: 10. 6. 2019
  • Supervisor: doc. PhDr. Renata Povolná, Ph.D.
  • Reader: Mgr. Renata Jančaříková, Ph.D.

Citation record

Full text of thesis

Contents of on-line thesis archive
Published in Theses:
  • světu
Other ways of accessing the text
Institution archiving the thesis and making it accessible: Masarykova univerzita, Pedagogická fakulta

Masaryk University

Faculty of Education

Master programme / field:
Teacher Training for Primary and Lower Secondary Schools / Lower Secondary School and Language School Teacher Training in English Language