“I'm a Good Guy Who Deserves Better, Yet Nobody Wants to Give me Better”: The Accounts of Nice Guys
Within Western popular culture and online discourse, a “Nice Guy” is someone who enacts niceness for which they believe they are owed, deserving of, or entitled to something in return—especially the romantic or sexual attention of women. In this study, we examine the use of accounts in personal narratives told in an anonymous online discussion forum ...
Brooke Weinmann, Dennis D. Waskul
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Ingroup/outgroup dynamics and agency markers in Italian parliamentary language. A gender-based socio-psychological analysis of the speeches of men and women deputies (2001 and 2006). [PDF]
The most recent literature on gender differences in language use has shown that the Italian political communication enacted by men and women parliamentarians only partly reflects and reproduces the asymmetries and stereotypes widespread in society ...
ARENI, Alessandra +2 more
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ABSTRACT Queer undergraduates describe a climate in STEM fields and classrooms that is both hostile to and silent on queer identities, leading to experiences of social exclusion, devaluation as a scientist, and discrimination. In the few studies that have specifically focused on trans and non‐binary undergraduates (i.e., students with queer genders ...
Sarah L. Eddy +8 more
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Intersentential Anaphoric Use of Personal Pronouns in English Discourse
The present article is concerned with the determination and descriptive analysis of the basic patterns of intersentential anaphoric use of personal pronouns in J. Galsworthy’s The Man of Property.
Darija Bartkutė
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Teaching Through Trauma: English Teachers Navigating Affective Regimes in Post‐Earthquake Türkiye
Abstract This study explores how English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers in post‐earthquake Türkiye narrated their experiences of loss, survival, and teaching within state‐imposed affective regimes. Drawing on an affective–discursive analysis of Ministry of National Education (MoNE) documents and media texts, the study first investigates how ...
Merve Özçelik
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Who Is to Believe When You Bet: on Non-Referential Indexical Functions of the Pronoun You in English [PDF]
Using English-language material this paper presents an account of a number of functions of the pronoun you that are not directly related to reference.
Hrisonopulo, Katherine
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A Bird's Eye View of English Grammar: Connecting the Dots in Two Dimensions
Abstract Over the past few decades, discussions on grammar instruction have primarily focused on teaching methodologies, such as whether grammar should be taught explicitly or implicitly, and whether the focus should be on form or forms. This paper, however, shifts the focus to grammar itself, aiming to provide a “shape” for pedagogical grammar.
Akira Tajino, Yoshitaka Kato
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Thematic Progression and Lexicogrammatical Features Analysis in English Song Lyrics Written by Indonesian and English Songwriters [PDF]
The present study investigates the appearance of Thematic Progression and Lexicogrammatical Features in English song lyrics written by English and Indonesian songwriters by applying theories of Systemic Functional Grammar by using Hallidays ...
Pagih, Nindya Fraya Maharani
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Personal Pronoun in Japanese Based on Gender (Structure and Semantic Study)
This research analyzed the personal pronouns of Japanese from structure and semantics based on gender. This research useddescriptive method. To discuss the personal pronoun, the theories used include the theory of Lyons (1997), Samsuri (1980 ...
Syahrial Syahrial
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Gender-Neutral Pronouns: Inclusive, Subversive, Progressive [PDF]
The Reflective Essay describes a research journey that recognized the importance of information literacy, took advantage of “full access to any scholarly source I found through the databases,” and included an interview with a professor to provide ...
Berendt, Elise
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