Linguistics & Communication
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Neo-Firthian Approaches to Linguistic Typology
Neo-Firthian theories -- which include Systemic Functional Linguistics and its congeners -- have, unlike most functionally oriented theories, engaged minimally with linguistic typology and have made little impact on the discipline. This book offers a programmatic and Neo-Firthian informed typolog...
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Language in Action
Maria Estela Brisk, Mary J. Schleppegrell
Language in Action: SFL Theory across Contexts brings together recent research in elementary and secondary education, higher education, and translation studies, informed by Systemic Functional Linguistics. Authors reporting from a range of international contexts offer new insights into curriculum...
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Scoring Second Language Spoken and Written Performance
Judith Fairbairn, Ute Knoch, Jin Yan
The ability to speak and write effectively is widely recognized as an important skill in many contexts and for many purposes, both personal, educational and professional. Because these skills are considered important in second and foreign language learning contexts, they are often included in per...
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A Preference Hierarchy Model of Same-turn Repair Operations in Talk-in-Interaction
This book studies four self-initiated same-turn repair strategies in talk-in-interaction relative to each other, namely, recycling, replacement, insertion, and aborting. Based on a thorough analysis of a Hungarian corpus, as well as the previous results on another nine languages, a preference hie...
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Project-based Language Learning and CALL
Michael Thomas, Kasumi Yamazaki
This book is the first substantive scholarly book on project-based and cross-curricular language learning using digital technologies. The book includes new empirical research on project-based language learning utilizing CALL technologies and conceptual and theoretical chapters that address new me...
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Linguistic Penalties and the Job Interview
Linguistic Penalties and the Job Interview looks at a relatively untapped area of language and social life: the role of language and interaction in constructing the job interview and how this role produces disadvantage in the linguistically diverse communities of the western world. It relates the...
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Systemic Functional Linguistics, Part 1 Volume 1
Christian Matthiessen, Diana Slade, Kazuhiro Teruya, Canzhong Wu
Volume 1 provides the foundation for the whole series of collected works, and includes chapters that serve as introduction of and summaries of Systemic Functional Linguistics. It is concerned with the nature of Systemic Functional Linguistics as theory, as framework and as a school of linguistics...
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Micro-Reflection on Classroom Communication
Sarah Chepkirui Creider, Hansun Zhang Waring
Traditional concerns with classroom communication have centered on questions such as who talks more, whether the interaction is teacher-centered or student-centered, whether participation is restricted to a few or available to all, what kinds of questions teachers ask (display or referential), an...
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Validity
Micheline Chalhoub-Deville, Barry O'Sullivan
This monograph provides a historical overview of validity, targeting developments in both the UK and the US. It explores theoretical notions of validity as well as pragmatic validation practices and expands the arguments that need to be attended to document quality. The authors examine the need...
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Phonetics for Speech Pathology
Martin J. Ball, Joan Rahilly, Orla Lowry, Nicola Bessell, Alice Lee
This introductory text for speech pathology and therapy students examines normative phonetic aspects and also discusses how these may go wrong and what happens when they do. Correct use of phonetic symbolizations and the importance of adequate transcription in the clinic are stressed, as is the u...