Comments on van Dijk's paper (1995) exploring the relations between language and ideology. The article argues that the definitions and distinctions established in the first part of van Dijk's paper are burst open by his detailed textual analysis in the second part. The article concludes that this paper shows why the study of ideology should…

Discusses Hugh Mehan's "Learning Lessons" in the development of the naturalistic study of classroom discourse studies and considers the emergence of an alternative program for classroom discourse studies in critical discourse analysis. Critiques some studies of classroom discourse and analyzes a fourth-grade lesson on fractions to show how the…

Presents a dialogue between two mathematics teachers of different nationalities formulated around three points: (1) student role; (2) teacher role; and (3) how dialogue may be understood as a medium for teaching. Offers some conclusions on which this form of teaching may be based. (KHR)

Notes how Karen Hesse strays from her typical pattern of exploring gender issues to provide a look at patriarchal culture from within, in one case, and from multiple points of view in the other, ultimately strengthening the feminist pulse that beats within her earlier works. Concludes that in "Stowaway" and "Witness," the voice of a boy and the…

Examined the differences between compliment responses collected with two different data collection procedures: naturally occurring data analyzed through conversation analytic methodology, and elicited data collected via a discourse completion task (DCT). The DCT was designed to evoke the same discourse context and preceding context observed in the…

Case studies of three further education teachers illustrate different identity positions and discourses. What emerges is a complex image of teachers exploiting blurred role boundaries in the flexible workplace. (Contains 27 references.) (SK)

Examines "okay" deployed as an assessment of student performance in parent-teacher conference interactions. Data drawn for 35 videotaped and audiotaped conferences are presented to demonstrate that "okay" participates as a value in two distinct metrics of assessment--one binary, one gradated. (Author/VWL)

Describes an exercise for counselor trainees that promotes counselor reflection on the counseling process. The exercise was introduced before, or concurrent with, skill development and required students to combine conversations and discourse analysis of their interaction with "clients." Methods of analysis are presented, along with…

Responds to communication scholars' increasing call for scholarship that yields meaningful responses to contemporary problems, thereby enriching public and private discourse and practice. Proposes the theory of the firm as one important frame for analysis, for it confronts key organizational questions at the heart of corporate scandal. (SG)

Believes that a historiographic inquiry into Meridel Le Sueur's work as a teacher of writing can extend conversations about textual property that are taking place in English studies today. Concludes that "Worker Writers" stands as Le Sueur's call to working-class women and men to strengthen their communal ties, to make their lives more visible…

Discusses the tradition of argument about what forms of metalinguistic discourse are valid, useful, and significant in the era of modern Western linguistics, with particular reference to the argument between linguistic science and prescriptivism. The article emphasizes that linguistic norms are open to challenge and change about what their nature…

Defines a method of using the constructs defined by the HyTime standard to structure scholarly writing and to affect its presentation through the use of dynamic multimedia presentations. Explores the potential power of descriptive hyperlinks as tools of scholarly discourse and analysis, and the system needed to aid historians in information…

Investigates the content of conversations of three groups: (1) pupils and teacher; (2) pupils and chaperone; and (3) pupils alone during museum and zoo visits. Results indicate that children-only groups commented on behaviors and generated knowledge source remarks significantly less than those groups containing adults, and the presence of an adult…

Reviews intercultural communication research as it is published by communication journals. Examines how culture is conceptualized in intercultural communication research. Discusses alternate ways in which "culture" might be conceptualized and explores the consequences that this might have for intercultural communication scholarship. (SR)

Examines some characteristics of "Mm," in particular its variants, as a weak acknowledging token, a continuer, and a weak assessment within the Australian context. Findings indicate that the most common "Mm" is best characterized as an acknowledging object used to mark unproblematic receipt of the immediately prior talk and no…