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Changement grammatical et discursif en français multiculturel de la région parisienne : éléments de comparaison [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Cet article cherche à comparer la variation et le changement dans deux domaines linguistiques, à savoir la grammaire et le discours. Il présente les résultats du projet « Multicultural London English – Multicultural Paris French » et s’interroge sur les ...
Secova, Maria
core   +1 more source

Employing geographical principles for sampling in state of the art dialectological projects [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The aims of this paper are twofold: First, we locate the most effective human geographical methods for sampling across space in large-scale dialectological projects.
Allen   +47 more
core   +3 more sources

Recruiting a nonlocal language for performing local identity: indexical appropriations of Lingala in the Congolese border town Goma [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This article describes discursive processes by which inhabitants of the Congolese border town Goma attribute new indexical values to Lingala, a language exogenous to the area of which most Goma inhabitants only possess limited knowledge.
Büscher, Karen   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Mark My Words! Linguistic Style Accommodation in Social Media

open access: yes, 2011
The psycholinguistic theory of communication accommodation accounts for the general observation that participants in conversations tend to converge to one another's communicative behavior: they coordinate in a variety of dimensions including choice of ...
Danescu-Niculescu-Mizil, Cristian   +2 more
core   +3 more sources

Sliding Doors: Frame Uptake and Rejection by Learners in a Museum‐Based Climate Learning Experience

open access: yesScience Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Science education efforts that support public understanding of modern climate change are critically needed. However, implementing climate‐related learning experiences can be challenging, as public audiences tend to experience a wide range of understandings of and emotions around the issue. In light of these challenges, many scholars have posed
Lynne Zummo   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Linguistic commodification in tourism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Drawing on fieldwork conducted between 2002 and 2012 in Switzerland, Catalunya and different zones of francophone Canada in sites related to heritage and cultural tourism, we argue that tourism, especially i n multilingual peripheries, is a key site for ...
Duchêne, Alexandre   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

From Systems Metaphors to Project Manager Intelligence: Fostering Stakeholder Relationships

open access: yesSystems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper combines systems metaphors with Gardner's multiple intelligences theory to develop a comprehensive model for managing stakeholder relationships. By incorporating various systemic perspectives—machine, organism, cultural/political, societal/environmental and interrelationships—the model provides a holistic framework that positions ...
Alicia Gilchrist, Seyed Ashkan Zarghami
wiley   +1 more source

Code Switching in Social Media Twitter [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The study deals with the types of code switching and reasons why people switch their language in social media Twitter. The objectives of study are to find out contextual type and the grammatical type of code-switching which is mostly used in social media
Meisuri, M. (Meisuri)   +1 more
core  

Becoming a TESOL Practitioner: Disciplinary Languaging and the Socialization of International Students in UK Higher Education

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This article proposes the concept of disciplinary languaging to account for the regulated forms of communication that are characteristic of TESOL master's preparatory programs in the UK. It does so with a view to the effects on the socialization of international students who are attracted by the global promotion of such programs and the ...
Yunpeng Du, Miguel Pérez‐Milans
wiley   +1 more source

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