Essays on Conversation

Cultural narrative is derived from the simplest and purest aspects in which functionalize the harmony of societal validity. It is often described as the building blocks for which catalyze unique tones in differentiating values. These can conjugate themselves into the moral fiber, therefore, instilling themselves...

Conversations take place in our everyday life. Some of them are planned while others are spontaneous. People make different kinds of conversations such as business meetings with colleagues, chit-chats with friends or family, conversations at the doctor´s, supermarket and so on and so forth. These...

My teaching experience with young learners has confirmed that speaking plays a momentous role in the language classroom. Although most of the activities aim to cater for good opportunities to talk, in fact, a little explicit teaching of speaking occurs (Goh & Burns: 2012). An...

We live in a world where doing something without the use of technology is unthinkable. Our worldview has been reduced to something on a tiny screen that we carry around everywhere. It seems that in the last few years, technology has taken over most of...

Questions have played a pivotal role in the evolution and development of the human race. The aim of this essay is to discuss the different kinds of questions used in the academic setting. To begin with, the essay will examine various kinds of closed ended...

The species of Homo sapien sapiens arrived on Earth two-hundred-thousand years ago. This species is what is called the “Modern Human. ” The ability to “speak” is an aspect that is fascinating, seeing as humans are the only organism that has this ability. Some microorganisms...

The purpose of this study is to pragmatically identify and analyze the Conversational Implicature contained within the thirty selected dialogues of seven main characters in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter focusing on Grice’s Cooperative Principle (1975) to find out whether the seven main characters flouted or...