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The article focuses on the range of scientific issues which have been studied by sociolinguists who apply dynamic models mainly to the material of the English language.
Irina V. Shaposhnikova
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Contact, the feature pool and the speech community : The emergence of Multicultural London English. [PDF]
In Northern Europe’s major cities, new varieties of the host languages are emerging in the multilingual inner cities. While some analyse these ‘multiethnolects’ as youth styles, we take a variationist approach to an emerging ‘Multicultural London English’
Androutsopoulos+62 more
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Esta pesquisa trata do uso dos pronomes tu, você e a gente como estratégia de indeterminação do sujeito no português falado no Maranhão. Analisou-se, com base nos princípios teórico-metodológicos da Sociolinguística Variacionista o falar de pessoas de 11
Alana Brito Barbosa+1 more
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The Influence of Social Networks During Study Abroad: Acquiring Non-Standard Varieties
Over the past 20 years, researchers have shown increasing interest in social network analysis to understand second language acquisition (SLA), especially in a study abroad (SA) context.
Rozenn Gautier, Jean-Pierre Chevrot
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Employing geographical principles for sampling in state of the art dialectological projects [PDF]
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
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From Systems Metaphors to Project Manager Intelligence: Fostering Stakeholder Relationships
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
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Erving Goffman at 100: A Chameleon Seen as a Rorschach Test within a Kaleidoscope
The 100th anniversary of Erving Goffman's birth was in 2022. Drawing on his work, the Goffman archives, the secondary literature, and personal experiences with him and those in his university of Chicago cohort, I reflect on some implications of his work and life, and the inseparable issues of understanding society.
Gary T. Marx
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The speech community (SpCom), a core concept in empirical linguistics, is at the intersection of many principal problems in sociolinguistic theory and method.
Patrick, Peter L
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Abstract The presence of gender disparities, marked by a shortage of male teachers, has been a longstanding concern within the TESOL profession. Drawing on the concept of human flourishing, which advocates for equality and respect beyond gender and social standing, this research seeks to challenge gender stereotyping in foreign language teaching ...
Natalia Wright
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Mark My Words! Linguistic Style Accommodation in Social Media
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
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