This paper considers the ongoing debate between two organizations (National Association of Scholars and Teachers for a Democratic Culture) in higher education. The rhetorical positions of each side resemble those of the "cold war" between the United States and the Soviet Union of the 1950s and 1960s where each side created a mirror image…

Like many other languages, Hualapai employs the reflexive suffix for several different grammatical purposes. Unlike those languages, however, constructions with a reflexive marker in Hualapai are usually not ambiguous with respect to the expected meanings. This paper identifies four functions that the reflexive suffix may have: reflexive,…

This paper grew out of the research study "Mapping the Internationalization of Higher Education," a 1998-2000 Australian Research Council-funded project. The project's objectives included: documenting the practices of international education in Australian universities; analyzing the cultural, political, and economic assumptions on which…

Articles in this issue include the following: "Representations sociales et discours. Questions epistemologiques et methodologiques" (Social Representations and Discourse. Questions of Epistemology and Methodology); "Aspects theoretiques et methodologiques de la recherche sur le traitement discursif des representations sociales"…

This article presents some theoretical reflections on the relationship between social representations-as they are conceptualized in sociopsychology--and discourse. An interdisciplinary point of view is advocated that accounts for both linguistics and sociopsychology. Methodological comments are presented and a way to convey theoretical reflections…

As part of research on social representations of languages, bilingualism, and bilingual education carried out in the Aosta Valley, this article analyzes other contexts suggested by speakers in the Aosta Valley. It defines speech situations where associations, comparisons, or oppositions to other bilingual realities appear. Finally, on the basis of…

This paper responds to Martin Jay's imaginative proposal to "map...scopic regimes, or visual cultures." The intent in the paper was to demonstrate how such a reflexive "social cartography," or heuristic device might serve to identify and visualize difference within and between disputatious intellectual communities in a way that…

This paper presents a comprehensive picture of informal problem solving (IPS) meetings where gatherings of workers meet around computer screens, at their desks, in doorways, and in halls to accomplish multiple work-related tasks. It attempts to uncover interactional details of informal meetings by providing a micro-analytic model of informal…

This paper describes some aspects of essays produced by students who as writers in the United States would commonly be called "basic writers." The paper focuses primarily on the grammatical subjects in these essays and offers a view of how closely grammatical structure typical in speech correspond to those typical in writing. It reports…

Based on a paper presented June 23, 1969 at the Padagogische Hochschule in Heidelberg. (RS)

Author uses Moffett's theory of discourse to analyze Steppenwolf'' by Hermann Hesse. (GB)

Special issue devoted to language and history. (VM)