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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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Sign vehicles for semiotic travels: Two new handbooks

Susan Petrilli, +1 more
- 29 Jan 2002 - 
TL;DR: Ponzio and Bonfantini as mentioned in this paper showed that the limit of the sign model proposed by the semiology of Saussurean matrix is not determined by binarism, as is understood instead in the entry ‘Binarism' included in Ecyclopedia of Semiotics.
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Working talk: developing a framework for the teaching of collaborative talk

TL;DR: In this article, a teaching intervention was designed which adopted the principles of dialogic teaching, but which, drawing on educational linguistics, particularly emphasised the role of metatalk in developing students' awareness of the interpersonal processes of collaborative talk.
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Cultural outsiders’ evaluations of (im)politeness in Finland and in France

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated perceptions of Finnish politeness among French people living in Finland and perceptions of French politeness between Finns currently or previously living in France, and found that personal space emerges as a salient factor for politeness in Finland, while verbal and nonverbal rapport is more important in France.