I have to do a linguistic experiment and am in need of some topics, everything I thought of is already taken. Any ideas would help... some examples are: (the syntactic structure of IM's, Characteristics of spoken English when students are talking with teachers, Effect of age diff on turn taking, Avg. Sentence length lectures, pausing during reading in unison, diff in how men and woman place orders -may I have? vs. Give me-)
Any more ideas would be appreciated!
Thank you!!
2007-03-02 13:38:20 · 3 answers · asked by Laura T 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
The pragmatic skills of those who are shy vs. those who are very outgoing; the English syntax skills of an ASL user vs. an ESL student; the difference in language (vocabulary, syntax, and tone) of letters between professionals and professionals, and professionals and laymen (ie: a speech therapist to an audiologist vs. a speech therapist to a parent); the characteristics of spoken English when teenagers talk to service workers (ie. a waiter, cashier, janitor, etc); the difference between the language in a professional email and a professional letter; symantic elevations and degradations between generations; a person's education, socioeconomic status, or age relating to their comprehension of figurative language or sarcasm
Good luck!
2007-03-02 15:22:32 · answer #1 · answered by queenrakle 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Difference between man talking to men vs. men talking to women (or women talking to women vs. to men) - they are huge - term taking, modality, hedges...
You could also try to study a particular dialect or accent (one that you can easily find and interview speakers of where you live).
2007-03-02 13:43:26 · answer #2 · answered by Ms. S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2015-08-30 03:41:51 · answer #3 · answered by YUSUF 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋