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An Outline of a Theory of Play
Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.Play is often dismissed as trivial, yet it is a fundamental and adaptive aspect of human and mammalian life. This paper develops a sociological theory of play, treating it as a total social fact that spans biological, psychological, and social dimensions.
Seth Abrutyn
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Identity Entanglement: Rethinking Marginality through the Intersectional, Liminal, and Antithetical
Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.While identity research has given sustained attention to marginality, intersectionality, and the effects of power on identity, the formal interactional dynamics through which identities are constituted remain limited. I present identity entanglement as a useful framework for better understanding and articulating the relational complexities of identity.
Jules Vivid
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Women Supporting Women: changing traditional gender perceptions in African women stand-up comedy
Traduction et Langues, 2017 Stand-up comedians do not only aim to get their audience entertained. They also try to trigger audience epistemic and ideological engagement with different humour contents.
Ajayi Ibukun Osuolale
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TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Repeated viewing is reportedly a common learning and pedagogical strategy among autonomous second language (L2) learners and language teachers. This experimental study examined the extent to which sequential captioning use facilitates the acquisition of multiword expressions (MWEs) through repeated viewing under incidental learning conditions.
Kenneth W. Y. Li, Yaxin Ni
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Nurturing Affiliation: The Interpersonal, Multimodal Work of Stand-up Comedians
, 2020 The process of nurturing affiliation (put simply, community building) is a significant function of language that is crucial for success in a range of occupations, including teaching, professional development presenting and stand-up comedy.
Chan, Eveline +2 more
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“I Hear No Men Talking About It”
RSA JournalIn his 2023 stand-up special, From Bleak to Dark, comedian Marc Maron wonders why men do not address the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which ended the constitutional right to abortion in the United States.
Tuula Kolehmainen
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This dataset comprises three interview transcripts with comedians and voluntary responses from 11 comedians to a semi-structured, online questionnaire, conducted and collected as part of the practice-led research for the PhD project Disrupting Live Music:
Davies, Ethan
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The Hidden Hallyu Emerged: Exploring the Key Motives of Reading Adapted K‐Webtoons of South Korea
Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study aims to investigate why global fans read Korean webtoons (K‐webtoons) and how their motivations vary across different genres. Previous studies have approached the Korean Wave (Hallyu) from a national perspective, emphasizing its influence and primarily discussing K‐pop and K‐drama.
Hoseok Gwak +3 more
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With a Great Story Comes Great Responsibility: Role of Narrative in Leadership Development
New Directions for Student Leadership, Volume 2025, Issue 185, Page 81-87, Spring 2025.ABSTRACT Comic books reside uniquely within American culture. Historians have contended comics are more than just sequential artwork mixed with engaging stories, but rather, a framework by which the generations make sense of who they are. These stories are a reflection of cultural conscience; a lens through which we can view the world and a mirror ...
Sean Connable
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Mean trait and on stage personality of stand up comedians [PDF]
, 2019 We investigated whether comedians’ mean level personalities differ from the general population, and based on recent studies which show that individuals regulate their personality to conform with situational and goal requirements, we predicted that ...
Pollet, Thomas +2 more
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