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Author: Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages :
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This dissertation addresses claims about the internet's effects on language and, by extension, on identity, social relations, and social orders. It investigates three areas of language competency which produce and are produced by people's knowledge of social roles and relations: linguistic pragmatics, metadiscourse about computer-mediated discourse (CMD), and genre. The dissertation argues that these competencies are forms of "local knowledge" (Appadurai, 1996, 180), upon which subjects draw to reproduce local contexts in which subjectivity and social relations can be meaningfully experienced and understood. However, because of new conditions for writing and speech online (such as interactivity, anonymity, and possibilities for public address), and evolving expectations about mobility and borders, Internet users face challenges to their ability to reproduce such local knowledge--or they face the possibility that discourse change might prove an occasion for transforming local roles and relations. Examining how internet users negotiate the production of local knowledge in these conditions shows that existing theoretical understandings of metadiscourse (such as "netiquette" discourse), of technology's effects on the pragmatics of audience design, and of genre evolution need to be adjusted. As part of reframing the internet's effects on these competencies, the dissertation proposes that social theorist Erving Goffman's observations about "face-work" (1955; 1959) are a valuable contribution to studies of pragmatics, genre, and metadiscourse, both online and offline. Chapter One surveys scholarly and folk assumptions about language, identity, and sociality online and argues that such discourse needs to be questioned in light of CMD's challenges to local knowledge. Chapter Two examines the linguistic pragmatics of audience design in asynchronic CMD, analyzing national news discourse and the evolution and functions of "netiquette" literature. Two chapters about online genres.
Author: Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages :
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This dissertation addresses claims about the internet's effects on language and, by extension, on identity, social relations, and social orders. It investigates three areas of language competency which produce and are produced by people's knowledge of social roles and relations: linguistic pragmatics, metadiscourse about computer-mediated discourse (CMD), and genre. The dissertation argues that these competencies are forms of "local knowledge" (Appadurai, 1996, 180), upon which subjects draw to reproduce local contexts in which subjectivity and social relations can be meaningfully experienced and understood. However, because of new conditions for writing and speech online (such as interactivity, anonymity, and possibilities for public address), and evolving expectations about mobility and borders, Internet users face challenges to their ability to reproduce such local knowledge--or they face the possibility that discourse change might prove an occasion for transforming local roles and relations. Examining how internet users negotiate the production of local knowledge in these conditions shows that existing theoretical understandings of metadiscourse (such as "netiquette" discourse), of technology's effects on the pragmatics of audience design, and of genre evolution need to be adjusted. As part of reframing the internet's effects on these competencies, the dissertation proposes that social theorist Erving Goffman's observations about "face-work" (1955; 1959) are a valuable contribution to studies of pragmatics, genre, and metadiscourse, both online and offline. Chapter One surveys scholarly and folk assumptions about language, identity, and sociality online and argues that such discourse needs to be questioned in light of CMD's challenges to local knowledge. Chapter Two examines the linguistic pragmatics of audience design in asynchronic CMD, analyzing national news discourse and the evolution and functions of "netiquette" literature. Two chapters about online genres.
Author: Publisher: BRILL ISBN: 9004388907 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 257
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This collection includes critical, qualitative, creative, and arts-integrated chapters attentive to the ways in which reflexive inquiry supports explorations of teacher identity. The explicit aim of this manuscript is to advance teacher self-study and, through it, the teaching and learning experience.
Author: Gord Bruyere (Amawaajibitang) Publisher: Fernwood Publishing ISBN: 1773633147 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 264
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Wícihitowin is the first Canadian social work book written by First Nations, Inuit and Métis authors who are educators at schools of social work across Canada. The book begins by presenting foundational theoretical perspectives that develop an understanding of the history of colonization and theories of decolonization and Indigenist social work. It goes on to explore issues and aspects of social work practice with Indigenous people to assist educators, researchers, students and practitioners to create effective and respectful approaches to social work with diverse populations. Traditional Indigenous knowledge that challenges and transforms the basis of social work with Indigenous and other peoples comprises a third section of the book. Wícihitowin concludes with an eye to the future, which the authors hope will continue to promote the innovations and creativity presented in this groundbreaking work.
Author: Vivian Zamel Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1136608915 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 336
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Negotiating Academic Literacies: Teaching and Learning Across Languages and Cultures is a cross-over volume in the literature between first and second language/literacy. This anthology of articles brings together different voices from a range of publications and fields and unites them in pursuit of an understanding of how academic ways of knowing are acquired. The editors preface the collection of readings with a conceptual framework that reconsiders the current debate about the nature of academic literacies. In this volume, the term academic literacies denotes multiple approaches to knowledge, including reading and writing critically. College classrooms have become sites where a number of languages and cultures intersect. This is the case not only for students who are in the process of acquiring English, but for all learners who find themselves in an academic situation that exposes them to a new set of expectations. This book is a contribution to the effort to discover ways of supporting learning across languages and cultures--and to transform views about what it means to teach and learn, to read and write, and to think and know. Unique to this volume is the inclusion of the perspectives of writers as well as those of teachers and researchers. Furthermore, the contributors reveal their own struggles and accomplishments as they themselves have attempted to negotiate academic literacies. The chronological ordering of articles provides a historical perspective, demonstrating ways in which issues related to teaching and learning across cultures have been addressed over time. The readings have consistency in terms of quality, depth, and passion; they raise important philosophical questions even as they consider practical classroom applications. The editors provide a series of questions that enable the reader to engage in a generative and exciting process of reflection and inquiry. This book is both a reference for teachers who work or plan to work with diverse learners, and a text for graduate-level courses, primarily in bilingual and ESL studies, composition studies, English education, and literacy studies.
Author: Hurst Hannum Publisher: Lexington Books ISBN: 0739158104 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 177
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Living in the age of American 'hyperpower' the relevance of both international law and conflict resolution have been called into question. Hannum and Babbitt, highly respected practitioners in these respective fields, have collected a series of experts to examine the relationship between these two disciplines. Focusing on self-determination, a particularly thorny issue of international law, Negotiating Self-Determination takes an in-depth look at what an understanding of conflict analysis can bring to this field and the impact that international legal norms could potentially have on the work of conflict resolvers in self-determination conflicts. Allen Buchanan's philosophical writings consider the goals of secessionists, Erin Jenne uses quantitative analysis to explain the conditions under which secessionist movements come into existence, and Anke Hoeffler and Paul Collier study the economic basis for secessionist movements. This well-researched volume looks beyond the international law and policy fields of the editors to philosophy, anthropology, political science, and economy to assist in gaining a more complete understanding of self-determination and conflict prevention.
Author: Ulla Eriksson-Zetterquist Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: 0199569304 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 327
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This new text takes a unique practice-based approach, identifying questions, problems and issues that are perceived as pertinent by practitioners, and using these as the starting point to identify the relevant theories.
Author: Susie Scott Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 1509510575 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 279
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Identity is never just an individual matter; it is intricately shaped by our experiences of social life. Taking a Symbolic Interactionist approach, and drawing on Goffman’s dramaturgical theory, Susie Scott explores the micro-social processes of interaction through which identities are created, maintained, challenged and reinvented. With a focus on empirical studies as illustrations, classic sociological theory is applied to contemporary examples. Each chapter focuses on a key dimension of how identities are negotiated in the drama of everyday life, from politeness and face-saving rituals to secrecy, lies and deception. Goffman’s ideas are explored in relation to self-presentation, role-making, group interaction and public behaviour, while language and discourse are shown to help people to give credible identity performances and to frame social situations. The book reveals how social selves change over the life course through stigma, labelling and deviant careers, and how life in a total institution can radically transform its members' identities. Through all of these processes, self and society are shown to be intertwined. This insightful approach will appeal to students taking a range of courses in the sociology of the self, identity, interaction and everyday life
Author: Wolf Lepenies Publisher: Campus Verlag ISBN: 9783593372808 Category : Civilization, Western Languages : en Pages : 350
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Entangled Histories and Negotiated Universals explores the changing field of local histories. Young researchers from around the world--including scholars from Canada, Mozambique, China, and Germany, representing fields as diverse as history, linguistics, political science, anthropology, medicine, and materials science--present their findings, all of which coincide in their understanding that local histories are inseparably intertwined and that, fundamentally, all history is the history of relationships.
Author: Deborah Kolb Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 0743215125 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 277
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At last, here is a book that shows women how to recognize the Shadow Negotiation -- in which the unspoken attitudes, hidden assumptions, and conflicting agendas that drive the bargaining process play out -- and how to use that knowledge to their advantage. Each time people bargain over issues -- a promotion, a contract with a new client, a bigger role in decision-making -- a parallel negotiation unfolds beneath the surface of the "formal" discussion. Bargainers constantly maneuver to determine whose interests and needs will hold sway, whose opinions will matter, and how cooperative each person will be in reaching an agreement. How the issues are resolved hangs on the actions people take in the shadow negotiation, yet it is in this shadow negotiation that women most often run into trouble. The most productive negotiations take place when strong advocates can connect with each other. Good results depend equally on a bargainer's positioning her ideas for a fair hearing and on being open to the other side's point of view. But traditionally women have not fared well on either front. Often, they let negotiable moments slip by and take the first "no" as a final answer, or their efforts to be responsive to the other side's position are interpreted as accommodation. As a result, women can come away from negotiations with fewer dollars, perks, plum assignments, or less say in decision-making than men. To negotiate effectively, women must pay attention to acts of self-sabotage as well as to the moves others make in the shadow negotiation. By bargaining more strategically, women can establish the terms of their advocacy, their voice, and at the same time encourage the open communication essential to a collaborative discussion in which not only acceptable, but creative, agreements can be worked out. Written by Deborah M. Kolb and Judith Williams, two authorities in the field, The Shadow Negotiation shows women a whole new way to think about the negotiation process. Kolb and Williams identify the common stumbling blocks that women encounter and present a game plan for turning their particular strengths to their advantage. Based on extensive interviews with hundreds of business-women, The Shadow Negotiation provides women with a clear, insightful guide to the hidden machinations that are at work in every bargaining situation.
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Author: Gord Bruyere (Amawaajibitang)
Author: Vivian Zamel
Author: Hurst Hannum
Author: Ulla Eriksson-Zetterquist
Author: Susie Scott
Author: Wolf Lepenies
Author: Deborah Kolb
Author: Kelly Neiman