Linguistic Cues in Chinese English Learners’ Sarcasm Comprehension on Twitter
Twitter, as a text-based platform, offers fewer contextual sources compared to other social media platforms like Facebook or Instagram. Consequently, linguistic cues play a critical... Read More
Requests and Responses to Requests in Jordanian Arabic
Politeness has been extensively studied in English and its native speaking communities. However, there is a dearth of literature that explores politeness in Arabic. Existing... Read More
Improving Pragmatic Skills through Roleplays
In any language, pragmatic skills are essential to convey and interpret meaning in social contexts accurately. As pragmatics studies how language is used in interactions,... Read More
The role of the English language variety in the awareness of pragmatic markers by L2 users: a study abroad perspective
Pragmatic markers (PMs) have been defined as linguistic constructions, typical of spoken language, which help interaction (Beeching, 2016). Research on their use in different varieties... Read More
Exploring Politeness in Saudi Hospital Settings: Insights from Nurses’ Intercultural Perceptions
Politeness comprises two levels: first-order politeness and second-order politeness. The primary focus of this paper is on first-order politeness, which pertains to how individuals of... Read More
Navigating Bilingual Conversations in Dementia: Exploring the Intersection of Code- Choice, Co-construction, and Repetition Across Two Languages
It is well established that meaningful social interaction is vital for individuals living with dementia to maintain selfhood, identity, and well-being (e.g. Hamilton 2019, Wray... Read More
“I’m sorry for you and you are not alone”. Politeness strategies on Reddit: the case of r/hikikomori
In the last decades, the field of cyberpragmatics has developed, investigating a wide range of computer- mediated discourses with the aim of describing how users... Read More
The Pragmatics of Online Healthcare Communication: Politeness Strategies in the HealthUnlocked “Anxiety and Depression Support” Community
As Locher and Schnurr (2017) remark, the vast literature on health and communication across different media has so far rarely employed theories of (im)politeness as... Read More
“Bro must got a lot of money”: A Pragmatic Study on Digitally-Based Impoliteness Strategies against Marrying a Person with Disabilities
The rise of Social Media Sites (SMSs) has provided a significant breakthrough in the dissemination of information, especially for the marginalized groups of society (e.g.,... Read More
“I would never take my pet to someone I didn’t trust…”: A cross cultural analysis of evaluative language in English and Italian reviews of veterinary clinics
In today’s digital society, online tools for expressing evaluative feedback have become integral to nearly every aspect of our lives. So much so that consumers... Read More