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A genre analysis of TED talks of educational theme

Ziming Yang

Abstract


This paper is an attempt to illustrate that the TED talks are not only belong to speech register, but also be combined with
conversation register and written register. The methodology is proceeded in comparison with other register through representative texts and
general data to examine whether the selected TED talks of educational theme have the mix of written register and conversation register. It
will fi nally lead to a conclusion to an analyze to what extent do the TED talks can be regarded as a conversation register or written register.
This shall help to better understand the special characteristics of TED talks.

Keywords


TED talks, educational presentation, linguistic, register research

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18686/modern-management-forum.v7i7.9325

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