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Multilingual language use and metapragmatic reflexivity in Finnish internet football forums : a study in the sociolinguistics of globalization
2013
Characterizing Cavities in Model Inclusion Fullerenes: A Comparative Study
2001
Abstract: The fullerene-82 cavity is selected as a model system in order to test several methods for characterizing inclusion molecules. The methods are based on different technical foundations such as a square and triangular tessellation of the molecular surface, spherical tessellation of the molecular surface, numerical integration of the atomic volumes and surfaces, triangular tessellation of the molecular surface, and cubic lattice approach to the molecular volume. Accurate measures of the molecular volume and surface area have been performed with the pseudorandom Monte Carlo (MCVS) and uniform Monte Carlo (UMCVS) methods. These calculations serve as a reference for the rest of the meth…
Action-Depicting Gestures and Morphosyntax: The Function of Gesture-Speech Alignment in the Conversational Turn
2021
The current study examines the role of action-depicting gestures in conversational turns by focusing on their semantic characteristics and temporal position in relation to their verbal affiliates (action verbs or more complex verb phrases). The data are video recordings of naturally occurring interactions in multilingual construction sites in Norway. The analysis distinguishes two modes of action depiction: generic depictions, which represent the action as a general type, and contextualized depictions, which in addition include deictic references to the spatio-material environment or iconic representations of the specific manner of action performance. These two modes typically occupy differ…
Student experiences of critical multilingual and intercultural communication competence assessment in higher education
2022
In this chapter, we present multilingual and intercultural communication competence (MICC) as a situational and contextual process. The aim of this qualitative, empirical study is to understand the students’ perceptions of assessing MICC as a holistic phenomenon that does not represent an ethnocentric world view and considers the role of language use in interaction. We look at assessing MICC as a process of giving and receiving feedback rather than as a summative assessment. The data consist of 74 texts on assessments written by university students. The understanding of the contextual and situational nature of MICC was enhanced through a process that the participants considered as ‘lengthy …
Puhutun kielen variantit resurssina monikielisten koululaisten kirjoitelmissa
2009
Artikkelissa tarkastellaan Helsingin puhutun kielen variantteja monikielisten kuudesluokkalaisten kielitaitotestiin liittyvien kirjoitelmien kielellisenä resurssina. Siinä esitellään, millaisia puhutun kielen piirteitä teksteissä ylipäätään esiintyy, millaisissa tekstin paikoissa niitä esiintyy ja mitä tehtäviä niillä kirjoitelmissa on. Lähtökohtana on tarkastella tekstiä nimenomaan vuorovaikutuksena ja tilanteisena tuotoksena, jossa kirjoittajien ratkaisut kuvaavat heidän näkemystään tehtävästä ja suhteestaan vastaanottajaan. Tutkimuksessa käytetään sosiolingvistisestä variaationtutkimuksen ja keskustelun- ja tekstintutkimuksen sekä suomi toisena kielenä -tutkimuksen tuloksia ja menetelmiä…