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choose 3 questions from the list of questions regarding english language and grammar and do some analysis on it.
The question is: LOL is supposed to be an abbreviation for “laugh out loud”. But when someone types LOL, they’re not really laughing. LOL seems to mean something else. But what?
Collect a corpus of LOLs. (Make sure you observe appropriate anonymity. Don’t use Facebook posts unless they’re set to “Public”. Blur or obscure names. Twitter is always ne.)
When you have enough (maybe 10 or 20), do some analysis. What does LOL mean? What things are people doing when they write (or say) LOL?,
Q10. Grammar Rock: Analyse three of the Schoolhouse Rock videos concerning grammar. These are a collection of videos that aired on US television in the 1970s and 80s, designed to teach grammatical concepts to young people.
You can nd these videos on YouTube, by searching for “grammar rock”. Examine them for content, and skills taught.
• Would you teach using these videos? Why or why not?
• Does there seem to be any teaching method behind them?
• What seems appropriate or inappropriate about their teaching methodology?
Q11. Indirect speech acts
Collect three examples of indirect speech acts that you hear — utterances that mean something more than their words alone — and analyse them.
• What is being implied in these speech acts? How do you know?
• Do these utterances have anything to do with Grice’s maxims?Indirect speech acts.
