Types and Functions of If-conditionals in Lecture Introductions
This study examined the types and functions of if-conditionals in lecture introductions. The data comprise 144 if-conditionals from a 37,373-word corpus (3.85 per 1000 words). A majority of if-conditionals are direct conditionals (89.6%), with 10.4% of indirect conditionals. Of the direct cond...
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my.unimas.ir.357392021-08-02T03:37:38Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/35739/ Types and Functions of If-conditionals in Lecture Introductions Ting, Su Hie Yeo, Jiin-Yih P Philology. Linguistics This study examined the types and functions of if-conditionals in lecture introductions. The data comprise 144 if-conditionals from a 37,373-word corpus (3.85 per 1000 words). A majority of if-conditionals are direct conditionals (89.6%), with 10.4% of indirect conditionals. Of the direct conditionals, 72.9% are expressed as open condition and 16.7% as hypothetical condition. Hypothetical if-conditionals are mainly for hedging about the students’ knowledge, and less frequently for hedging about the lecturer’s own knowledge, hedging the intended interpretation of the utterance, expressing politeness, or making indirect requests. Most of the if-conditional clauses are in an initial position (88.9%), with some in medial (1.4%) and end (9.7%) positions. Initial if-conditional clauses mainly serve as a framework for subsequent propositions by presenting assumptions, but are minimally used for contrasting, exemplification, and exploring options. Medial if-conditional clauses function as a qualifier. End if-conditional clauses are used to remind students of a prior statement. The study shows that if-conditionals have an important information-linking function, and the functions of if�conditionals are linked to the positioning of if-clauses Taiwan International ESP Journal 2021-07-17 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/35739/1/lecture1.pdf Ting, Su Hie and Yeo, Jiin-Yih (2021) Types and Functions of If-conditionals in Lecture Introductions. Taiwan International ESP Journal, 12 (1). pp. 22-39. http://tiespj.org/ DOI: 10.6706/TIESPJ.202106_12(1).0002 |
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This study examined the types and functions of if-conditionals in lecture introductions.
The data comprise 144 if-conditionals from a 37,373-word corpus (3.85 per 1000 words). A
majority of if-conditionals are direct conditionals (89.6%), with 10.4% of indirect conditionals.
Of the direct conditionals, 72.9% are expressed as open condition and 16.7% as hypothetical
condition. Hypothetical if-conditionals are mainly for hedging about the students’ knowledge,
and less frequently for hedging about the lecturer’s own knowledge, hedging the intended
interpretation of the utterance, expressing politeness, or making indirect requests. Most of the
if-conditional clauses are in an initial position (88.9%), with some in medial (1.4%) and end
(9.7%) positions. Initial if-conditional clauses mainly serve as a framework for subsequent
propositions by presenting assumptions, but are minimally used for contrasting,
exemplification, and exploring options. Medial if-conditional clauses function as a qualifier.
End if-conditional clauses are used to remind students of a prior statement. The study shows
that if-conditionals have an important information-linking function, and the functions of if�conditionals are linked to the positioning of if-clauses |
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