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Richardson, Kay; Queen, Robin – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2012
In this short commentary piece, the authors stand back from many of the specific details in the seven papers which constitute the special issue, and offer some observations which attempt to identify and assess points of similarity and difference amongst them, under a number of different general headings. To the extent that the "sociolinguistics of…
Descriptors: Sociolinguistics, Discourse Analysis, Bilingualism, Films
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Stonestreet, Val – English in Australia, 1979
The author uses introspection to consider the critical aspects of the writing process. (RL)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Language Usage, Language Variation, Writing (Composition)
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Preston, Dennis R. – Journal of Sociolinguistics, 2000
Suggests that variation in spelling, like other levels of language variety, reflects social practices in speech communities. While the social identities and stances encoded in such variation are not simple to interpret, they offer another mode of investigation of language in social space and practice. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Discourse Analysis, Folk Culture, Language Variation
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Bar-Lev, Zev – Discourse Processes, 1986
Appraises R. Kaplan's "contrastic rhetoric" in the light of a multilanguage research project on discourse structure. Concludes that Kaplan's specific analyses are in need of substantive revision. (FL)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Discourse Analysis, English, Language Variation
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De Beaugrande, Robert – World Englishes, 1999
Language planning confronts a situation in which human rights have become inclusive in theory but remain exclusive in practice, often deploying language or language varieties as pretexts for exclusion. This article suggests that language planning should promote a dialectic between inclusive theories and inclusive practices within its own projects…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Language Planning
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Ho, Mian Lian; Wong, Irene F. H. – World Englishes, 2001
Discusses the use of "ever" in affirmative responses to Yes/No type questions as well as in declarative sentences in discourse in colloquial Singaporean English. Examines parallels in Singaporean English use of "ever" with its equivalents in the local languages. While parallels can be seen in Mandarin Hokkein, Cantonese, and…
Descriptors: Cantonese, Chinese, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries
Meehan, Teresa – 1991
In standard American English, the word "like" has several senses associated with it, the earliest of which dates to the 14th century. Some meanings reflect recent developments in the language and suggest that the lexical aspects of the word are changing toward a more grammatical function. Analysis of historical information and data collected in…
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Grammar, Interpersonal Communication
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Merkestein, Aria – World Englishes, 1998
Argues that instruments normally applied to the analysis of discourse, and that originate in the Western tradition of analyzing language, must be used with extreme caution in analyzing new varieties of English. To substantiate this claim, the article uses as an example the recent work on the emergence of Batswana English. (Author/JL)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language)
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Bauer, Laurie; Holmes, Janet – World Englishes, 1996
Examines the constraints on the realization of "/t/" in New Zealander English. On the basis of an examination of the speech of two similar speakers from that country, a series of allophonic rules is provided. The article shows that the distribution of allophones for these speakers is not the same as for other speakers who have been…
Descriptors: Adults, Age, Consonants, Diachronic Linguistics
Nugent, Harold E.; Burgess, Carol – 1979
This paper focuses on a language variation model that incorporates a number of concepts from linguistic and rhetorical studies. The model views language variation as a product of two correlating causes: one, the user and his or her personal, regional, and social dialect; and the other, the user's use of the language in terms of such discourse…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Role, Language Styles
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Nelson, Cecil L. – World Englishes: Journal of English as an International and Intranational Language, 1985
Examines communicative competence in transplanted varieties of English used in various non-Western sociocultural contexts in the world. The examples presented show that native speakers' judgements of the deviations in such Englishes are based on both attitudinal factors and on genuine expectations in the context of verbal interaction. (Author/SED)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Context, Discourse Analysis
Faerch, Claus – 1979
To assist language researchers in their analysis of interlanguage, some values for the linguistic variables of Source Language (SL), Interlanguage (IL), and Target Language (TL) are set forth. Although the fundamental assumption underlying interlanguage research is that interlanguages are linguistic systems, it is difficult to describe the…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Descriptive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Interlanguage
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Gee, James Paul – TESOL Quarterly, 1988
Considers two aspects of knowing language, besides grammar and vocabulary, that are often understressed: 1) perspective taking (through rhythm and intonation) and 2) manipulation of language variation. This observation is discussed in relation to the contrast between incidental and intentional learning, and an argument is made for an intimate…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Incidental Learning
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Candler, W. J. – English Language Teaching Journal, 1979
This article discusses the various dialects of English spoken in Liberia and analyzes the problems of Liberian students in writing compositions in English. Errors arise mainly from differences in culture and cognition, not from superficial linguistic problems. (CFM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences, Dialect Studies
Kochman, Thomas – 1979
This paper draws from a number of sources, from Muhammad Ali to TV commercials, to demonstrate the quite different conceptions that black and white Americans have of the meaning of boasting and bragging. For blacks, boasting and bragging are two distinct ways of speaking and communication. Boasting is a joking, playful verbal bahavior, not to be…
Descriptors: Black Culture, Black Dialects, Blacks, Cross Cultural Training