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Linguo-cognitive models in mini-format texts in English educational discourse (based on «English Unlimited» textbook, Advanced)

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Naslov: Linguo-cognitive models in mini-format texts in English educational discourse (based on «English Unlimited» textbook, Advanced)
Authors: V. D. Shevchenko, E. V. Yakovleva
Source: Вестник Самарского университета: История, педагогика, филология, Vol 29, Iss 2, Pp 213-221 (2023)
Publisher Information: Samara National Research University, 2023.
Publication Year: 2023
Collection: LCC:History (General)
LCC:Language and Literature
Subject Terms: cognitive modelling, linguistic representation of a situational model, mini-format text, educational discourse, background knowledge, History (General), D1-2009, Language and Literature
Opis: The article deals with cognitive models analysis of situations represented in mini-format texts from English educational discourse. The research is based on the texts from the coursebook English Unlimited Advanced. The method implied has been the cognitive modelling developed by the American linguist Dell Hymes. This includes the representation of communicative situation via meaningful constituents like Participants, Act and Sequence, Setting and Scene, Tone, Key, Instrumentalities and others. The aim of the research is to reveal the dominant components of linguo-cognitive models and their pragmatic and communicative functions. It has been revealed that the dominant components of the analyzed situations are Participants and, Key. The authors highlight these components with the help of the language means that aim at realizing emotive and affective function. It has also been revealed that the mini-format texts at the Advanced level contain more comprehensive implications, thus students must decode main themes and ideas not only with the means of the English language but also using their background knowledge and specific cognitive scenarios from their memory.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Jezik: English
Russian
ISSN: 2542-0445
2712-8946
Relation: https://journals.ssau.ru/hpp/article/viewFile/24649/9752; https://doaj.org/toc/2542-0445; https://doaj.org/toc/2712-8946
DOI: 10.18287/2542-0445-2023-29-2-213-221
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/8a297f2126804f57a13c5d8fd2531206
Accession Number: edsdoj.8a297f2126804f57a13c5d8fd2531206
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
Opis
ISSN:25420445
27128946
DOI:10.18287/2542-0445-2023-29-2-213-221