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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Are We Making a Difference? On the Social Responsibility and Impact of the Linguist/Applied Linguist in Australia
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Clyne, Michael – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2007
Language is crucial in our lives and to all disciplines. It affects our well-being individually and collectively and touches important sociopolitical issues. Linguists/applied linguists have exciting opportunities for interdisciplinary research and to work in contexts personally meaningful to them. While language is the concern of all people,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Responsibility, Applied Linguistics, Language Role
Pronominal Address in German: Rules, Anarchy and Embarrassment Potential
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Kretzenbacher, Heinz L.; Clyne, Michael; Schupbach, Doris – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2006
Choice of address forms, a socially crucial feature in German communication, is context-dependent on situations (a) where the unmarked form of address is "du" (T), (b) where it is "Sie" (V), and (c) where the two systems (a and b) coexist. The first two situations are, apart from their fuzzy edges, rather clearcut. The third situation, however,…
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Figurative Language, German, English (Second Language)
Languages Taken at School and Languages Spoken in the Community--A Comparative Perspective
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Clyne, Michael; Fernandez, Sue; Grey, Felicity – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2004
This paper compares two sets of data from the same year, 2001--the numbers of students taking languages other than English at primary and secondary level, and census statistics for the home use of languages other than English. The data draws attention to languages that are taught principally in day schools and those taken mainly in after hours…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Language Maintenance, Day Schools, Foreign Countries