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Dynamics of discourse or stability of structure : Sociolinguistics and the legacy from linguistics
The empirical and descriptive strengths of sociolinguistics, developed over more than 40 years of research, have not been matched by an active engagement with theory.
Linell, Per,
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Developing Cross-cultural Understanding through Sociolinguistic Dissemination: A Practice in Multicultural Education [PDF]
The use of language cannot be separated from the culture of its speakers. Most experts agree that language is the cultural reflection of social community.
Mukminatun, Siti
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Epistemological Challenges Against Sociolinguistics
Sociolinguistics is a linguistics science that seeks to express the values of life that are revealed in language. Sociolinguistics is stuck in the study of language, which is purely empirical.
Siregar, Iskandarsyah
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Abstract Few have asked what happens to gender when a noun is heteroclitic – when its inflection draws on more than one inflection class. While heteroclisis has moved from being treated as a marginal irregularity to a theoretically revealing phenomenon, its implications for gender assignment remain largely unexplored.
Greville G. Corbett
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Abstract Participants in Russia's 1825 Decembrist uprising against the Tsarist regime were, quite literally, a case study in French cultural influence upon Russia. This is particularly true as it relates to Russia's emotional cultures. Although this has not, traditionally, been the primary focus of historical analysis of this event (in Soviet or ...
ADAM COKER
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Abstract This article engages signage as a medium through which urban stakeholders negotiate the politics of housing redevelopment and gentrification in cities. Focusing on Toronto, we examine housing‐related signage in three neighbourhoods where social mix approaches to redevelopment have ushered in gentrification: Parkdale, Regent Park, and Moss Park.
Lindi Jahiu +2 more
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ABSTRACT Workforces are becoming increasingly multilingual, yet relatively little is known about how language‐based exclusion shapes employee behavior. Drawing on social exchange theory, we examine how linguistic ostracism, a subtle form of workplace exclusion, undermines employees' organization‐based psychological ownership and subsequently increases ...
Ghulam Murtaza +3 more
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Abstract This article illustrates the implementation of a pilot internship program for Spanish language students with a public‐facing component at a small, predominantly white, private liberal arts college in the northeastern U.S. This project focused on providing students with the possibility to cooperate and collaborate with organizations that ...
Inés Vañó García
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ABSTRACT Research on English‐Medium‐Instruction (EMI) highlights inadequate support for students transitioning from L1‐medium‐instruction to EMI. To date, little research has focused on how L2 students’ adaptation to an EMI environment influences their L2 learning motivation (LLM).
Kevin W. H. Tai
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Sociolinguistics and second language acquisition
Book synopsis: From its beginnings in the 1960s, sociolinguistics developed several different subfields with distinct methods and interests: the variationist tradition established by Labov, the anthropological tradition of Hymes, interactional ...
Howard, M. +2 more
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