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Direct linkThonus, Terese – Linguistics and Education: An International Research Journal, 2008
This study compared the frequency, structure, and purposes of laughter in writing tutorials between 46 acquainted and unacquainted tutor-student pairs. Of particular interest were instances of shared, or coordinated laughter, which took the form of sequenced, simultaneous, and extended laughter. Familiarity, viewed as a continuum, was also…
Descriptors: Familiarity, Tutors, Internet, Humor
Hyon, Sunny – English for Specific Purposes, 2008
Among Swales' (1996) list of occluded academic genres, retention-promotion-tenure (RPT) evaluations have been little studied. These evaluative reports, however, can inform EAP researchers, teachers, and students about ways that writers both follow and transgress discourse conventions to fulfill various purposes through an institutional text.…
Descriptors: Creativity, Tenure, Figurative Language, Familiarity
