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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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Cross-talk in movements: reconceiving the culture- network link

Ann Mische
TL;DR: Mische and White as mentioned in this paper explored a set of conversational mechanisms that are highly contingent on (and constitutive of) crosscutting network relations: identity qualifying, temporal cuing, generality shifting and multiple targeting.
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Pop Polyvocality: Internet Memes, Public Participation, and the Occupy Wall Street Movement

TL;DR: This article examined how memes were used to articulate perspectives on OWS and found that memes facilitated conversation between diverse positions, intertwining populist argument and popular texts, and intertwining them into a vibrant polyvocal public discourse.
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Genre and Literacy-Modeling Context in Educational Linguistics

James Martin
TL;DR: Christie as discussed by the authors reviewed literacy initiatives in Australia which drew on systemic functional linguistics, focusing on three themes: differences between speech and writing, written genres, and the study of spoken language.
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Joint and Individual Interviewing in the Context of Cancer

TL;DR: The process of choosing to combine joint and individual interviews in the context of a study on the needs of cancer patients and their carers is reflected, suggesting that in appropriate circumstances, joint interviewing offers a valuable method of enquiry.
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Text and textuality

TL;DR: A wide range of disciplinary orientations lie behind labels such as "text," "textuality," "discourse," "rhetoric," "narrative," and "poetic" as discussed by the authors.