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ERIC Number: EJ240667
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981-Jan
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Situational Variation in English.
Littlewood, William T.
English Language Teaching Journal, v35 n2 p97-100 Jan 1981
Presents data which shows, in a systematic and objective way, how the same speaker can express the same meaning in a variety of ways depending upon the social situation. Such data offer the teacher of English a basis for discussing some of the linguistic features involved in this variation. (Author/PJM)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Discourse Analysis, English Instruction, Language Usage, Postsecondary Education, Pragmatics, Sociolinguistics, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Reports - General
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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