Search results for "discursive"
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Functionally-defined recurrent multi-word units in English-to-Polish translation
2022
This study uses both parallel and comparable reference corpora in the English-Polish language pair to explore how translators deal with recurrent multi-word items performing specific discoursal functions.We also consider whether the observed tendencies overlap with those found in native texts,and the extent to which the discoursal functions realised by themulti-word items under scrutiny are “preserved” in translation. Capitalizing on findings fromearlier research (Granger, 2014; Grabar & Lefer, 2015), we analyzed a pre-selected set of phrases signaling stance-taking and those functioning as textual, discourse-structuring devices originally found in the European Parliament proceedings corpus…
Profiling of new Europeans in the British conservative press : a case study of the "Daily Telegraph"
2017
This chapter presents an exploratory analysis of discursive strategies through which Europe and Europeans are represented, focusing on how their images are profiled in the texts of the British conservative newspaper Daily Telegraph, a quality newspaper ranked as one of the three most widely read in the UK throughout the 2000s. We explore articles retrieved from the Internet version of the Daily Telegraph from the 1st of May, 2004 to the 1st of May, 2009, aiming to establish the patterns of distribution of the words “EU”, “Europe” or “European”, and discover possible othering techniques that do not overtly transgress the rules of political correctness. Such covert profiling, among other fact…
Los géneros discursivos y las secuencias didácticas: el lugar de los ejemplos prototípicos en la enseñanza y aprendizaje de la escritura
2018
[EN] From a social perspective, the aim of writing teaching is for students to be able to understand and write a great diversity of discursive genres, allowing them to behave as reflexive and critical citizens in different social spheres. In the process of mastery of each genre, the mental representation of the text is key, which acts as a regulating element of writing in different phases. This article shows the difficulties of the students to appropriate a specific genre (a book review), based on the data of a classroom research with students of 3rd ESO that addresses the writing of reviews through a didactic sequence including, as a regulatory element, prototypical examples of the genre. …
Language ideological landscapes for students in university language policies: inclusion, exclusion, or hierarchy
2022
Many universities in non-English speaking countries have been adopting English as a medium of instruction to internationalize their education. We set out to compare the language policies of a Finnish and a Japanese university using the lens of language ideology – a set of normative beliefs about the social dimension of language. Data were collected from selected documents of the two universities, and analyzed utilizing critical discursive psychology. This social constructionist approach allows mapping out language ideological landscapes – interrelationships among different co-occurring language ideologies – from which students may draw ideas about how they orient themselves towards their pe…
Faire déguster et parler de son vin pour le faire aimer et le vendre : quelques stratégies dans des interactions producteur-client
2015
International audience; Cette contribution, qui s’inscrit dans le projet global OenoLex Bourgogne, vise une analyse discursive d’interactions authentiques entre des professionnels bourguignons du vin et des clients (potentiels) en contexte de dégustation. Elle présente le corpus original produit dans le cadre du projet et met l’accent sur les stratégies de transmission de connaissancestechniques et sur les argumentaires de vente développés par les producteurs et/ou vendeurs
Les éditorialistes : auteurs scientifiques ou acteurs sociaux
2007
Les éditoriaux peuvent être perçus comme une interface entre la recherche scientifique et l'opinion publique. Nous avons cherché à savoir si l'objectif des éditorialistes scientifiques n'est que de poursuivre une tradition journalistique, ou de mettre en œuvre des stratégies idéologiques ou sociétales, justifiant ainsi leur raison d'être dans la société au sens large. Cette étude présente les thèmes sélectionnés dans deux revues médicales britanniques de grande réputation sur une période de deux ans, ainsi que les liens potentiels avec les articles de recherche publiés dans les mêmes journaux scientifiques. Le but et l'utilisation même des éditoriaux sont analysés tant à l'intérieur qu'à l'…
Claiming the sea: Bronze Age fortified sites of the north-eastern Adriatic Sea (Cres and Lošinj islands, Croatia)
2017
ABSTRACTMore than 1,000 Bronze and Iron Age hillforts can be listed for the eastern Adriatic region. These constructions left a mark on the landscape which is still perceptible today. In some cases, such as the island of Losinj, this density is challenging to explain: almost thirty hillfort (or simply hilltop) sites were recorded on a rugged island with an area of 74km2. Different factors potentially involved in the formation of this settlement pattern are discussed (territorial control, surveillance, control of maritime networks), only to show that without considering some kind of symbolic display a plausible explanatory model cannot be devised. A new reading of the coastal seascape is pro…
The conjoint conceptualization and negotiation of national cultures : qualitative study of discursive culture-concepts, their function and their rela…
2015
The study of stereotypes and stereotyping is as complex and multi-facetted as the social phenomenon itself. From being seen as an erroneous and over-generalizing image in the mind of individuals, to the current perspective that stereotypes have an individual and a social level, are shaped by long-term and short-term contextual factors, and are used for certain purposes, managed and negotiated, stereotypes have been acknowledged as a topic which cannot be studied within one academic discipline alone. This study looks into stereotype use and management during in-group discourse about other national cultures. The data consists of three focus groups consisting of Finnish students who talk about…
University Students’ Approaches to Making the Most of Their Study Time
2022
This article explores university students’ approaches to and positions with regard to making the most of their study time. The article discusses how various normative societal expectations around students’ use and management of time feature in their talk about how they organise their everyday lives. The research is based on thematic interviews (n = 28) that focused in detail on students’ day-to-day activities that were generated with students from two sets of generalist study fields in three regional Finnish universities. The results of a discursive analysis of students’ positionings reveal three discursive positions that represent of a variety in students’ approaches to make sense of the t…
Approcher les discours spécialisés par la méta-catégorie du figement
2018
Doctoral; Cet atelier doctoral, qui capitalise sur la présentation « Quelles approches cognitives pour les discours spécialisés ? » vise à discuter la pertinence pour l’approche des discours spécialisés de la notion de « figement », dans une acception cognitive large, détachée des conceptions traditionnelles de « figement morpho-syntaxique ». En faisant un détour par le cas très particulier de gestion du figement dans les langues contrôlées, on pose comme hypothèse l’existence d’un continuum à rebours invitant à partir précisément du figement - envisagé comme stabilité quantitative et reproductible - pour analyser ces discours. La deuxième partie discute les apports respectifs des tradition…