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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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Palimpsest and hybridity in postcolonial writing

TL;DR: Palimpsest is a metaphor for the receptive surface of the human brain this article, and it has been used as a metaphor of transformation in the human body and its ability to leave traces of singular actions.
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Conflict in the Catholic Hierarchy : a study of coping strategies in the Hunthausen affair, with preferential attention to discursive strategies

TL;DR: In this paper, a case study of a six-year-long conflict between the Roman Catholic hierarchy and the Vatican is examined in the light of theoretical expectations generated through a literature survey, and with the help of critical discourse analysis and conflict theory.
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‘Does it matter?’ Talking about ethnic diversity in preschool and first grade classrooms

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the interactional contexts in which ethnicity talk transpired and how such talk was handled in preschool and school settings, based on videotaped talk in teacher-led circle-time gatherings, mealtime conversations and peer play which took place in various classrooms in two of Norway's larger cities.