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Vera E. W. Hanaoka – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This dissertation examines how L2 Japanese speaker international students experience their subjectivity (Harre & Gillett, 1994), that is, how their language use and actions convey their thoughts and feelings, their sense of self, and how they relate to the world around them, in casual conversations with L1 Japanese speaker peers. In order to…
Descriptors: Metalinguistics, Pragmatics, Japanese, Second Language Learning
Hillman, Sara Katherine – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Drawing on Lave and Wenger's (1991) and Wenger's (1998) "communities of practice" (CoP) framework, this study explores the shared repertoire of humor practices in the creation of community within the context of a culturally diverse and multilevel adult Arabic language classroom consisting of two native speakers, five heritage language learners…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Video Technology, Semitic Languages, Language Patterns