When language is used for communication, it carries out various functions (roles). Karl Búhler’s Organon Model and Roman Jakobson’s Communication Functions are well known in the field of linguistics. Function, as it is used here, refers to “the role played by language in the various social activities carried out by the speaker.” In this sense, function is closely related to the social linguistic background of the speaker and the settings and circumstances in which the linguistic activities occur.
Research Results
- Multilingual Spoken Corpora (MSC)
- Taiwanese
- French (Aix-en-Provence)
- French (Paris)
- Turkish
- Malay
- Spanish 2004
- Spanish 2006
- Bilingual Canada
- Multilingual Discourse Corpus based on BTS: Japanese 1 (Function-specific discourse materials: Trial version)
- Multilingual Discourse Corpus based on BTS: Japanese 2 (Collection of function-specific discourse materials)
- Multilingual Discourse Corpus based on BTS: Japanese Conversation 1 (Conversations between two native Japanese speakers)
- Multilingual Discourse Corpus based on BTS: Japanese Conversation 2 (Conversations between a native Japanese speaker and a learner)
