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Speech Genres and Other Late Essays
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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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Genre Repertoire: The Structuring of Communicative Practices in Organizations
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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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Piano Musicians Identity Negotiations in the Context of the Academy and Transition to Working Life : A Socio-cultural Approach
TL;DR: The work in this paper examined piano musicians' identity negotiations in the context of their music studies and their transition to working life and found that a collegial and collaborative approach to the interpretation of music, and the associated understanding that came with it, fostered professional growth and enhanced artistic confidence.
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The Patent Genre: Between Stability and Change
TL;DR: The authors examines patents as typified communicative practices enacted within the articulated and rigid boundaries of legal systems and identifies the regularities of textual features and social intentions characterizing the patent genre and shows how patents are compulsorily constructed, evaluated and contested within highly structured socio-cultural contexts.
20 weeks, 13 hours, 140 characters: The abortion controversy in the Texas State Senate and online
TL;DR: Janish et al. as discussed by the authors examined the discourse of the abortion controversy as it played out in and around the Texas State Senate on June 25 th, 2013, during a filibuster of a restrictive abortion bill known as Senate Bill 5 (SB5), by Senator Wendy Davis (D-Fort Worth).
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Reading and Expertise
TL;DR: The authors argue that one role in particular, that of the reader as critic, allows L2 readers to maximise the resources they bring to reading in a second language learner, and they identify kinds of reading expertise which match the roles and goals of the learner.