Investigating difficulties faced by Iraqi EFL learners in identifying the illocutionary force of the reduplicative words
Other Title(s)
التحقق من الصعوبات التي يواجهها متعلمو اللغة الإنكليزية العراقيون في التعرف على القوة الإنجازية للكلمات التضعيفية
Author
Source
Journal of the College of Education for Women
Issue
Vol. 30, Issue 4 (31 Dec. 2019), pp.29-42, 14 p.
Publisher
University of Baghdad College of Education for Women
Publication Date
2019-12-31
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
14
Main Subjects
Educational Sciences
Languages & Comparative Literature
Topics
Abstract EN
A reduplicative word is an important phenomenon in all language studies because it reflects many functions in language communication such as plurality, emphasis, contrast, imitation.
The various instances of reduplicative words in a particular language reflect the richness and uniqueness of that language.
Moreover, such variation gives insights into both culture and thought.
A reduplicative word is a linguistic phenomenon found in the syntactic, morphological, phonological and semantic levels.
The current study aims at investigating the illocutionary force of English reduplicative words in some selected English colloquial utterances.
To achieve this aim, an analytical -pragmatic approach has been used by adopting Searle’s (1979) classifications of speech acts in order to identify and analyze the illocutionary force of reduplicative words.
The results show that EFL learners face difficulties in identifying the illocutionary forces because of the lack of the cultural background concerning these reduplicative words.
The majority of errors committed by the participants are found in production test due to the fact that Iraqi EFL learners are ignorant and unfamiliar with producing such words as well as these words require much more awareness, attention and practice.Finally, they have committed less errors in the recognition test due to the fact that they have somehow pragmatic competence and background knowledge regarding these words
American Psychological Association (APA)
Farhan, Mahmud Atiyyah. 2019. Investigating difficulties faced by Iraqi EFL learners in identifying the illocutionary force of the reduplicative words. Journal of the College of Education for Women،Vol. 30, no. 4, pp.29-42.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-918710
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Farhan, Mahmud Atiyyah. Investigating difficulties faced by Iraqi EFL learners in identifying the illocutionary force of the reduplicative words. Journal of the College of Education for Women Vol. 30, no. 4 (Dec. 2019), pp.29-42.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-918710
American Medical Association (AMA)
Farhan, Mahmud Atiyyah. Investigating difficulties faced by Iraqi EFL learners in identifying the illocutionary force of the reduplicative words. Journal of the College of Education for Women. 2019. Vol. 30, no. 4, pp.29-42.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-918710
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes appendices : p. 41-42
Record ID
BIM-918710