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Speech Genres and Other Late Essays

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This article is published in Modern Language Review.The article was published on 1988-07-01. It has received 1398 citations till now.

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Expansive learning at work: Toward an activity theoretical reconceptualization.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the concept of expansive learning with the help of four questions: 1. Who are the subjects of learning, 2. Why do they learn, 3. What do they teach, and 4. How do they train?
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Discourse Analysis as Theory and Method

TL;DR: Discourse Analysis as Theory and Method as discussed by the authors is a systematic introduction to discourse analysis as a body of theories and methods for social research, which brings together three central approaches, Laclau and Mouffe's discourse theory, critical discourse analysis and discursive psychology, to establish a dialogue between different forms of discourse analysis often kept apart by disciplinary boundaries.
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Modern Social Imaginaries

TL;DR: The Modern Moral Order and the Specter of idealism as discussed by the authors have been identified as the foundations of the modern social imagination, and the modern moral order has been called the "Social Imaginary".
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Computer-Mediated Collaborative Learning: Theory and Practice.

TL;DR: A conceptual framework for understanding the role of computer-mediated interaction based on a sociocultural analysis of the relationship among text, talk, and learning is introduced and current research is analyzed according to five features particular to online interaction.
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Theology in multi-faith Religious Education: a taboo to be broken?

TL;DR: The authors discusses the place of "theology" in multi-faith religious education in English schools without a religious affiliation, highlighting reasons for its sometimes taboo-status, and highlights the importance of 'theology' in The authors.
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Figuring out peer group hierarchies in secondary school

TL;DR: In this article, a study of children's engagement in peer group hierarchies in transition to secondary school was carried out, focusing on how children maintained a coherent sense of self in the transition between schools.

The Threshold of Power and Protest in Modern China

TL;DR: In this paper, an elderly resident of Guangdong's Zhongshan municipality recounted the onerous burden of taxes imposed under Nationalist rule, including twenty-six types of taxes exacted from residents by central state authorities and twenty excises collected by the provincial administration.