Studying 'implicit if-clauses' through Movies
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- Fujie Yoshiyuki
- 京都外国語大学・短期大学
Bibliographic Information
- Other Title
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- 映画で学ぶ「言外のif節」 : wouldの新しい論理を求めて
Abstract
This paper has been developed from my previous thesis "Teaching will in if-clauses through movies" in Teaching English through Movies: Number 8, and it deals with studying and teaching 'implicit if-clauses' through movies. In Japan, when teachers teach English sentences including would, but having no conditional clauses, they tend to explain those sentences by positing 'implicit (subjunctive) if-clauses' or 'suppressed (subjunctive) conditions'. However, we find out numerous would-sentences which have no implicit if-clauses by examining movie scripts. These expressions suggest the speaker's 'distancing' from the immediate reality. The clear situations of film sequences provide teachers and students with an alternative better approach to this semantic subject. Therefore we should use movies to understand and teach the above grammatical points.
Journal
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- Teaching English through movies : ATEM journal
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Teaching English through movies : ATEM journal 14 (0), 15-28, 2009
The Association for Teaching English through Movies
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390282681087803776
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- NII Article ID
- 110009357245
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- ISSN
- 24331929
- 13429914
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- Text Lang
- ja
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
- CiNii Articles
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- Abstract License Flag
- Disallowed