Lawrence F Bouton
Biographic Data
| ID | 145274 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lawrence F Bouton |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lawrence F |
| FAMILY NAME | Bouton |
| SIGNATURE | BOUTON L F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Urbana University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 41 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1969 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Lexical Phrases
Conversational implicature in a second language
The imperative tag-a thing apart
In English, the imperative is sometimes followed by a tag consisting of an auxiliary verb and its subject. This is true whether the imperative itself has an explicit subject or not (Someone give me a hand here, can you?/Go home, will you?) Attempts have been made at different times to link this imperative-plus-tag sequence both to the regular tag question (You're going to come, aren't you?) and to requests in question form (Would you give me a ha…
A cross-cultural study of ability to interpret implicatures in English
The purpose of this study was to investigate two questions: (1) to what extent does a person's cultural background affect his or her ability to derive the same meanings from conversational implicatures in English as native English-speaking Americans do, and (2) can a specially designed multiple-choice test measure a person's ability to interpret these implicatures? The results show clearly that cultural background is a reliable predictor of nonna…
Pedagogical grammar
The central theme of this paper is that pedagogical grammar must be a marriage of syntax and pragmatics. We illustrate this fact by showing how this marriage is necessary to an effective explanation of two different characteristics of yes/no questions: (1) the relationship between the function that the question serves and the short‐answer forms that are appropriate responses to it, and (2) the interaction of assertive and nonassertive forms with …
Cross-Language Studies in Pragmatics
Meeting the Needs of Children with Diverse Linguistic and Ethnic Backgrounds
Meeting the needs of the multilingual student population at King Elementary School posed a challenge. An ESL program met only some of those needs; to meet others, the school adapted the goals and principles of bilingual education. English was the basic language of the school, but non‐English speakers were given language arts, in addition to tutoring in other subject areas, in their native language. They also received ESL instruction. At the same …
Identity constraints on the do‐so rule
Conversational implicature in a second language
A cross-cultural study of ability to interpret implicatures in English
The purpose of this study was to investigate two questions: (1) to what extent does a person's cultural background affect his or her ability to derive the same meanings from conversational implicatures in English as native English-speaking Americans do, and (2) can a specially designed multiple-choice test measure a person's ability to interpret these implicatures? The results show clearly that cultural background is a reliable predictor of nonna…
The imperative tag-a thing apart
In English, the imperative is sometimes followed by a tag consisting of an auxiliary verb and its subject. This is true whether the imperative itself has an explicit subject or not (Someone give me a hand here, can you?/Go home, will you?) Attempts have been made at different times to link this imperative-plus-tag sequence both to the regular tag question (You're going to come, aren't you?) and to requests in question form (Would you give me a ha…
Identity constraints on the do‐so rule
Meeting the Needs of Children with Diverse Linguistic and Ethnic Backgrounds
Meeting the needs of the multilingual student population at King Elementary School posed a challenge. An ESL program met only some of those needs; to meet others, the school adapted the goals and principles of bilingual education. English was the basic language of the school, but non‐English speakers were given language arts, in addition to tutoring in other subject areas, in their native language. They also received ESL instruction. At the same …
Pedagogical grammar
The central theme of this paper is that pedagogical grammar must be a marriage of syntax and pragmatics. We illustrate this fact by showing how this marriage is necessary to an effective explanation of two different characteristics of yes/no questions: (1) the relationship between the function that the question serves and the short‐answer forms that are appropriate responses to it, and (2) the interaction of assertive and nonassertive forms with …
Cross-Language Studies in Pragmatics
A cross-cultural study of ability to interpret implicatures in English
The purpose of this study was to investigate two questions: (1) to what extent does a person's cultural background affect his or her ability to derive the same meanings from conversational implicatures in English as native English-speaking Americans do, and (2) can a specially designed multiple-choice test measure a person's ability to interpret these implicatures? The results show clearly that cultural background is a reliable predictor of nonna…
The imperative tag-a thing apart
In English, the imperative is sometimes followed by a tag consisting of an auxiliary verb and its subject. This is true whether the imperative itself has an explicit subject or not (Someone give me a hand here, can you?/Go home, will you?) Attempts have been made at different times to link this imperative-plus-tag sequence both to the regular tag question (You're going to come, aren't you?) and to requests in question form (Would you give me a ha…
Lexical Phrases
Conversational implicature in a second language
Linguistics (7 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · History (4 works) · History (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (3 works) · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (3 works)