NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Publication Date
In 20250
Since 20240
Since 2021 (last 5 years)0
Since 2016 (last 10 years)7
Since 2006 (last 20 years)16
Audience
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing 1 to 15 of 16 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Backer, David I. – Philosophical Inquiry in Education, 2017
How do we learn the link between speech and money? What is the process of formation that legitimates the logic whereby speech is equivalent to money? What are the experiences, events, and subjectivities that render the connection between currency and speaking/listening intuitive? As educators and researchers, what do we do and say to shore up this…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Communication (Thought Transfer), Educational Theories, Discourse Analysis
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Fox Tree, Jean E.; D'Arcey, J. Trevor; Hammond, Alicia A.; Larson, Alina S. – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2020
We tested sarcasm production and identification across original communicators in a spontaneously produced conversational setting, including testing the role of synchronous movement on sarcasm production and identification. Before communicating, stranger dyads participated in either a synchronous or nonsynchronous movement task. They then completed…
Descriptors: Language Variation, Language Usage, Task Analysis, Interpersonal Communication
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Tay, Dennis – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2020
Metaphor theory bears many implications for counseling processes, but metaphor in extended counseling talk is seldom evaluated. This article reports an exploratory skin conductance and discourse analysis of metaphorical versus literal communication styles in facilitating affective engagement over time. After background interaction with the…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Counselor Client Relationship, Emotional Response, Discourse Analysis
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Yemelyanova, Olena – Advanced Education, 2019
The article deals with the analysis of the addressee's factor foregrounding in the limerick discourse. The study demonstrates that the limerick discourse is characterised by an addresser-writer's and an addressee-reader/listener's reciprocality via idiosyncratic protagonists portrayed by an addresser-writer. A limerick presents a laconic…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Language Styles, Stereotypes, Humor
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Mauchand, Maël; Vergis, Nikos; Pell, Marc D. – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2020
In spoken discourse, understanding irony requires the apprehension of subtle cues, such as the speaker's tone of voice (prosody), which often reveal the speaker's affective stance toward the listener in the context of the utterance. To shed light on the interplay of linguistic content and prosody on impressions of spoken criticisms and compliments…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Intonation, Suprasegmentals, Cues
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Oleniak, Mariana – Advanced Education, 2019
This paper attempts to shed some light on the problem of correlation of such ontological categories as quality, quantity and relation in similes. The matter in question is significant since it relates to the problem of anthropocentrism in language. It shows the speaker's attitude to the information encoded in a simile by consciously choosing a…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Discourse Analysis, Correlation, Interpersonal Communication
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Mueller, Christopher – Working Papers in TESOL & Applied Linguistics, 2016
Etymologically, the word 'sarcasm' is derived from the Greek "sarkazein," meaning "to speak bitterly or sneer", or, more literally, "to tear flesh" ("sarcasm," 2014). Sarcasm, then, is far from a benign feature of language, and there appears to be an inherent acerbity, or even a note of provocation, located…
Descriptors: Negative Attitudes, Discourse Analysis, Social Media, Computer Mediated Communication
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Boylan, James; Katz, Albert N. – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2013
In the context of texts that depicted either a minimally confrontational conversation (study 1) or a more confrontational argument (study 2) with a close friend, the use of ironic criticism was rated as being more humorous, polite, and positive, yet also as more sarcastic and mocking than direct criticism. Although our results were consistent with…
Descriptors: Criticism, Figurative Language, Persuasive Discourse, Humor
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Maxwell, Sally V. – Educational Action Research, 2015
As new communication technologies enter the classroom, teachers must attend to how digital platforms impact the interpersonal practices of teaching and learning. In this article, I study email exchanges with three of my students--Jorge, Adriana, and Jason--over the course of one year in an 11th-grade English class at River High School, a…
Descriptors: Electronic Mail, Content Analysis, Discourse Analysis, High School Students
Jackson, Micah T. J. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Throughout history, preachers have used various models to understand the relationship between the preacher and the hearers of sermons. In recent years, homileticians have responded to the challenges of postmodernism by exploring the metaphor of conversation as a way to develop less hierarchical or authoritarian conceptions of role and authority.…
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Language Research, Pragmatics, Persuasive Discourse
Peters, Sara – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Sarcasm, or sarcastic irony, involves expressing a message that is often opposite of the literal meaning of what is being said, in a way that may sound bitter, or caustic (Gibbs, 1986). In the past, sarcasm has been viewed as a method of introducing the possibility of alternative interpretations of a discourse, by creating ambiguity as to the…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Ambiguity (Semantics), Figurative Language, Language Processing
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Williams, Sean D. – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 2010
This article argues that in spite of some attempts to expand the diversity of approaches in Technical Communication, the field remains rooted in an expedient, managerial, techno-rational discourse, where discourse is understood as the values that guide research, practice, and teaching. The article draws on approaches from Communication Studies,…
Descriptors: Technical Writing, Interpersonal Communication, Figurative Language, Discourse Analysis
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Kaanta, Leila; Jauni, Heidi; Leppanen, Sirpa; Peuronen, Saija; Paakkinen, Terhi – Modern Language Journal, 2013
In line with recent Conversation Analytic work on language learning as situated practice, this article investigates how interactants can create language learning opportunities for themselves and others in and through social interaction. The study shows how the participants of "Big Brother Finland," a reality TV show, whose main…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Lehtimaja, Inkeri – Linguistics and Education: An International Research Journal, 2011
This article demonstrates, using conversation analysis, how students use address terms when reproaching the teacher. The data consist of videotaped lessons of Finnish as a second language in secondary school. The analyses show, first of all, that teacher-oriented address terms can be used separately as reproaches, in which case they are marked…
Descriptors: Cues, Interpersonal Communication, Figurative Language, Discourse Analysis
Nagai, Ayako – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Utilizing the methodology of Conversation Analysis (CA), this study examines teaching moments observed in free conversations by pairs of Japanese and American friends. CA's detailed turn-by-turn analysis reveals that teaching of vocabulary, idioms, and culture occurs when native speakers orient to the non-nativeness of the other speakers.…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Vocabulary Development, Figurative Language, Classification
Previous Page | Next Page »
Pages: 1  |  2