English language analysis

Order Description choose 3 questions from the list of questions regardin" rel="nofollow">ing 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 laughin" rel="nofollow">ing. LOL seems to mean somethin" rel="nofollow">ing 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 thin" rel="nofollow">ings are people doin" rel="nofollow">ing when they write (or say) LOL?, Q10. Grammar Rock: Analyse three of the Schoolhouse Rock videos concernin" rel="nofollow">ing grammar. These are a collection of videos that aired on US television in" rel="nofollow">in the 1970s and 80s, designed to teach grammatical concepts to young people. You can nd these videos on YouTube, by searchin" rel="nofollow">ing for “grammar rock”. Examin" rel="nofollow">ine them for content, and skills taught. • Would you teach usin" rel="nofollow">ing these videos? Why or why not? • Does there seem to be any teachin" rel="nofollow">ing method behin" rel="nofollow">ind them? • What seems appropriate or in" rel="nofollow">inappropriate about their teachin" rel="nofollow">ing methodology? Q11. Indirect speech acts Collect three examples of in" rel="nofollow">indirect speech acts that you hear — utterances that mean somethin" rel="nofollow">ing more than their words alone — and analyse them. • What is bein" rel="nofollow">ing implied in" rel="nofollow">in these speech acts? How do you know? • Do these utterances have anythin" rel="nofollow">ing to do with Grice’s maxims?Indirect speech acts.