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Voices in the Text: Discourse Perspectives on Language Reports.
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Thompson, Geoff – Applied Linguistics, 1996
Investigates how language events are reported in English. The article outlines four dimensions of choice for the reporter in any language: (1) the voice presented as the report's source; (2) the way in which the message is reported; (3) the reporting signal; and (4) the reporter's attitude. Some possible applications of the framework are outlined.…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Discourse Analysis, English, Opinion Papers
Second Language Learners in a Stratified Multilingual Setting.
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Rampton, M. B. H. – Applied Linguistics, 1991
Discusses the ethnographic investigation of a multilingual adolescent peer group in which various forms of second/other-language learner status had considerable social significance. The study illustrates the ways a repertoire of languages and language learner statuses serve as differentiated resources adolescents draw on to define community and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Ethnography, Multilingualism, Panjabi
Linguistic, Cultural, and Subcultural Issues in Contrastive Discourse Analysis: Anglo-American and Chinese Scientific Texts.
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Taylor, Gordon; Tingguang, Chen – Applied Linguistics, 1991
Focuses on the likely sources of variability in discourse structure by comparing the introductions to papers written in a variety of related disciplines by three groups of physical scientists: Anglo-Americans writing in English, Chinese people writing in English, and Chinese people writing in Chinese. (39 references) (GLR)
Descriptors: Chinese, Contrastive Linguistics, Cultural Influences, Discourse Analysis
Procedural Vocabulary: Lexical Signalling of Conceptual Relations in Discourse.
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Marco, Maria Jose Luzon – Applied Linguistics, 1999
Explores the function of items of procedural vocabulary as signals of conceptual relations in scientific discourse. Procedural vocabulary consists of lexical items that do not belong to any particular schema. Develops a taxonomy of procedural items in terms of the contextual relations they create between content-bearing words, classifying the…
Descriptors: Classification, Discourse Analysis, Lexicology, Sciences
Ethnographic Approaches and Methods in L2 Writing Research: A Critical Guide and Review.
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Ramanathan, Vai; Atkinson, Dwight – Applied Linguistics, 1999
Discusses ethnographic research in education issues that pertain to studies of second-language writing, examining six principles of ethnographic research, proposing and describing a prototype definition, reviewing three recent ethnographic studies of second-language writing, discussing generalizability, and introducing a series of issues critical…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnography, Higher Education
Defining and Developing Autonomy in East Asian Contexts.
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Littlewood, William – Applied Linguistics, 1999
Discusses autonomy in language related to East-Asian contexts, describing autonomy in language learning, proposing a framework for learners in all contexts, examining three sources of sociocultural influence that could affect students' approaches to learning in East Asia, and considering attitudes and habits of learning that might result from such…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education