In the humanities and social sciences, context is one of those terms which is frequently used and frequently referred to, but hardly made explicit. This book proposes a model for describing the multifaceted connectedness between language and language use, and between cognitive context, linguistic context, social context and sociocultural context and their underlying principles of well-formedness, grammaticality, acceptability and appropriateness. Combining a range of theoretical frameworks in linguistics, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, discourse analysis and philosophy of language, Fetzer goes beyond the unilateral conception of speech and argues for a dialogue outlook on natural-language communication based on dialogue principles and dialogue categories. The most important ones are cooperation, joint production, micro and macro communicative intentions, micro and macro validity claims, co-suppositions, dialogue-common ground and communicative genre.

As a subject of universal appeal, spatial demonstratives have been studied extensively from a variety of disciplines. What marks the present study as distinct is that it is an English-Chinese comparative study set in a cognitive-linguistic framework and that the methodology features a parallel corpora-based, discourse analysis approach. The framework illuminates the nature of the demonstratives’ basic and extended meaning and use, the connections between them, and the mechanisms that govern and constrain their trends of extension. The corpora place the English and Chinese demonstratives in comparable discourse contexts and processes, providing an “ecological” environment for the observation of how their behavior fits into the respective structural and discourse systems of the two languages. The study also illuminates important issues such as the subjectivity of language, language as a representational system and a vehicle of communication, the interface between form and function, and the role of context in discourse comprehension.

This book analyzes the relationship between gender, age and role in Japanese television interviews. It covers a wide range of topics on Japanese communication; cultural and gender variables are interwoven in the interpretation of the findings. The study shows how participants interact through language and how they project their identities in the context of the interview. Based on a qualitative analysis, speech in mixed and same gender interactions is analysed, turntaking, terms of address and aizuchi (listener’s responses) are examined. The findings reveal interesting characteristics of all-female interactions, such as the influence of age that appears to be more important than gender; an observation that has repercussions in the study of gender and language differences in modern Japan. This book is an interdisciplinary study that integrates notions of politeness and theories of gender and language, and will be of interest to people researching Japanese culture and communication, gender studies and institutional language.

Covering nearly one thousand years, this volume explores medieval and modern English texts from fresh perspectives. Within the relatively new field of historical discourse linguistics, the synchronic analysis of large textual units and consideration of text-external features in relation to discourse has so far received little attention. To fill that gap, this volume offers studies of medieval instructional and religious texts and correspondence from the early modern period. The contributions highlight writer-audience relationships, the intended use of texts, descriptions of text-type, and questions of orality and manuscript contextualization. The topics, ranging from the reception of Old English texts to the conventions of practical instruction in Middle English to the epistolary construction of science in early Modern English, are directly relevant to historical linguists, discourse and text linguists, and students of the history of English.

City tourism has grown rapidly and spread well beyond tourist-historic cities and resorts. Most cities now aspire to be tourism destinations and tourism has become a priority for developers and policymakers. National capitals are particularly important since as well as being destinations in their own right they act as gateways to their country, present the nation to the rest of the world and play a vital role in establishing national image and identity. Despite this, national capital tourism, like city tourism more generally, has suffered from a lack of research and analysis, limiting our understanding of how the qualities of these cities interact with changing tourism demands. With a focus on city tourism themes, this book draws on original research to investigate tourism in national capitals in detail, considering image and branding, the visitor experience, visitor markets and tourism development. The book takes a broad international approach, and provides detailed case studies of many different types of national capital - ranging from global capitals like London and re-emerging capitals such as Budapest to planned capitals like Canberra or Ottawa. This new research gives innovative perspectives on city tourism which will prove valuable for researchers, students of tourism and urban studies and for policymakers.

The five-volume Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Literature set is an invaluable examination of the literature of a variety of ethnic backgrounds—Asian-American, American Indian, Jewish-American, African-American, and Hispanic-American. Each A-to-Z reference features hundreds of entries covering important authors and works, both the historically significant and the contemporary, from all genres of that literary tradition. Helpful reference features in each volume, including bibliographies, cross-references, and an index, further increase the value of these essential works in the high school and college classroom.

This catalogue is intended to be only a checklist of the Brooklyn Museum's collection of 212 Demotic Egyptian texts. The catalogue provides both the Museum and Demoticists generally with a list of all the pieces plus only such information as would make the list useful. It is not intended to be a complete publication of the texts with the usual full transliteration, translation, notes, and photographs or drawings. Rather, samples of each type of text (papyri, ostraca, inscribed stone and wooden pieces) are illustrated on the plates and only the more interesting passages in the texts are given in transliteration and translation. The book concludes with key word, name, title, and geographical name indices.

This book walks psychologists through the study of motivation, exploring all conditions that exist within the person and within the environment and culture that explain why we want what we want and why we do what we do. The fifth edition expands on theoretical ideas further into practical applications, especially in the areas of education, work, therapy, sports, and the home. Each chapter features a chapter box that addresses a specific concern. At the end of each chapter is a list of recommended readings for further study. Psychologists will discover a number of new ideas, including achievement goals, personal strivings, types of extrinsic motivation, implementation intentions, and more.

Urdu: An Essential Grammar is a reference guide to the most important aspects of the language as it is used by native speakers today. The complexities of Urdu are set out in short, readable sections. Explanations contain minimal jargon and emphasis has been placed on the aspects of Urdu that pose a particular challenge for English-speaking students.

Résumé de l'album : Quand on y pense, c'est vrai que la vie de Kid Paddle ressemble beaucoup (à quelques détails près..) à celle de 007 ! Car cet homme au joystick d'or doit aussi contrer les plans du Dr No, alias son père, qui lui dit toujours non car tellement efféminé. Quant à sa sœur, surnommée Blorkfinger, si elle n'est pas vraiment belle, elle est aussi cruelle et vicieuse qu'une James Bond Girl (même si elle en voit de toute les couleurs ). Surtout lorsqu'il s'agit de dénoncer ses derniers méfaits.. Heureusement que Kid peut compter sur le génial inventeur Big Bang, son Q à lui, pour le tirer de mauvais pas. Horace, lui, se verrait plutôt dans le rôle de… l’Aston martin

Vous retrouverez aussi les aventures du barbare, qui quoi qu’il entreprenne finissent toujours mal.

Résumé de l'album : Pikurax ne lui résiste pas. Le sergent Déguelis Sulfurique en a peur. Brutor le cruel pleure à la simple mention de son nom. Quant à Cindy, la petite ballerine, la police enquête toujours sur sa mystérieuse disparition... Planquez vos jouets, protégez vos monstres préférés, Kid Paddle et sa bande sont de retour ! Entre leurs mains, le moindre objet anodin va se transformer en instrument de torture pour poupée trop maquillée. Et leurs imaginations débordantes ne laisseront aucun répit à sa famille, déjà ébranlée par les dernières expériences dans la cuisine... On peut s'attendre à n'importe quoi avec ce trio de choc!

Résumé de l'album : Pleins de gags "énaurmes", en une ou deux planches chacun, dans cet excellent opus.

Kid et ses copains sont toujours présents, confrontés au papa, à la soeur, au gérant de la salle de jeux. Mais il y a aussi le papy, le professeur cool, le vendeur de tickets de cinéma. De grand moments, où la majorité des actions de ce que tente Kid tombe à l'eau (mais c'est souvent Horace qui paie les ports cassé !).

Cours de maths irrésistibles, disputes avec la soeur, imaginaire du père pris pour un super-héros... tout un paquet de drôleries concoctées par un Midam en grande verve.

Aussi : quelques gags sans paroles mettant en scène le petit barbare.

Résumé de l'album : Imaginez un p'tit bonhomme d'environ 10 ans avec une imagination débordante quand il s'agit de tester les jeux vidéos, d'inventer des monstres gores et d'essayer de frauder au cinéma pour les films interdits au moins de 12 ans (voire 16 ans!), j'en passe et des bien mûres !

Quand on s'appelle Kid Paddle, on peut se permettre de jouer avec pustulator, cervelax ou même le sergent dégueulis sulfurique (un classique!). On peut, pour l'exposé sur la vie après la mort, filmer un steak en décomposition à raison d'une image toutes les 10 minutes pendant 1 semaine... et observer la vie grouiller !! (attention l'odeur et les mouches!). On peut même être intéressé par des livres comme "éléphantiasis et pathologies tropicales" (moi j'aime bien les histoires d'éléphants) ,ça fait de belles photos à vendre dans la cour d'école.

En bref quand on a dix ans on peut délirer et surprendre son entourage par des élucubrations dignes des plus grands !! qu'ils sont loin, nos dix ans!