Delin Deng École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, département d’anthropologie sociale et ethnologie, delin.deng@ehess.fr Résumé En s’appuyant sur les données relevées des entretiens et des questionnaires auprès 40 Chinois de la première génération et 21 Français d’origine chinoise résidant…
Book Review: Gender, Neoliberalism and Distinction through Linguistic Capital: Taiwanese Narratives of Struggle and Strategy. (Volume 15) (Encounters (15). By Mark Fifer Seilhamer Multilingual Matters, 2019, 232 pp.
Reviewed by Timo Savela University of Turku, Finland Gender, Neoliberalism and Distinction through Linguistic Capital: Taiwanese Narratives of Struggle and Strategy. (Volume 15) (Encounters (15). By Mark Fifer Seilhamer Gender, Neoliberalism and Distinction Through Linguistic Capital: Taiwanese Narratives of Struggle and…
Book Review: Muchnik, Malka, Niznik, Marina, Teferra, Anbessa, and Gluzman, Tania (2016). Elective Language Study and Policy in Israel: A Sociolinguistic and Educational Study. Palgrave Macmillan, ISBN 978-3-319-34035-7, ISBN 978-3-319-34036-4 (e-Book)
Reviewed by Maria Yelenevskaya Technion-Israel Institute of Humanities, Israel Note from the Editor in Chief: This book review was first published in Hed Ha’ulpan He’chadash, 106, in Hebrew.[1] We thank the editor for the permission to publish the English version…
Book Review: Persson, A. (2018). Framing Social Interaction: Continuities and Cracks in Goffman’s Frame Analysis. (1 ed.) London & New York: Routledge. 188 pages. ISBN: 9781472482587
Reviewed by Maud Mazaniello-Chézol McGill University, Canada Framing Social Interaction: Continuities and Cracks in Goffman’s Frame Analysis is the second book and one of the numerous analyses of Goffman’s sociological work written by Anders Persson[1]. This first edition book is…
Developing language awareness: A study of Japanese students’ perceptions toward English language education
Mieko Yamada Purdue University Fort Wayne, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, 2101 East Coliseum Boulevard, Fort Wayne, IN, 46805-1499, email: yamadam@pfw.edu Abstract In globalized societies where English uses and users are diverse, promoting intercultural communication skills becomes important in English…
Situated Identities in the Discourse of Insurance: A Comparative Critical Discourse Analysis of Chinese and British Insurance Contracts
Mark Nartey(1) & Hui Huang(2) (1) The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Department of English, mark.nartey@connect.polyu.hk(2) Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Department of English, huanghnj@qq.com Abstract This paper is a comparative critical discourse analysis of Chinese and British insurance…
Discourse in a Confrontational Situation: The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
Mohammed Farrah English Department, Faculty of Arts – Hebron University, Palestine, E-mail: mfarrah06@gmail.com and mfarrah@hebron.edu Abstract The aim of the article is to shed light on ongoing situation about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through the lenses of newspaper heading analysis. Newspapers…
Análisis crítico de aspectos sociopragmáticos en las cartas a un presidente [Critical Analysis of Sociopragmatic Aspects in Letters to a President]
Carolina Gutiérrez-Rivas Central Michigan University, Department of World Languages and Cultures, gutie1c@cmich.edu Resumen El presente es un análisis crítico de las estructuras discursivas de en un corpus de diez cartas digitales abiertas dirigidas a Nicolás Maduro, actual presidente de Venezuela,…
Nommer l’absence de logement. Catégoriser les individus exclus du logement [Naming Housing Absence. Categorizing the Individuals Who are Excluded from Housing]
Marjorie Lelubre Université Saint-Louis, Bruxelles, Centre d’études sociologiques, Chercheuse associée, mlelubre@hotmail.com Abrégé Sans-abri, SDF, clochards, vagabonds, … sont tout autant de termes par lesquels le langage commun tente de désigner l’exclusion du logement. Nommer le manque sans stigmatiser, sans gommer…
Soft power of language in social inclusion and exclusion and the unintended research outcomes
Anna Odrowaz-Coates The Maria Grzegorzewska University in Warsaw, Poland, and UNESCO Janusz Korczak Chair, acoates@aps.edu.pl Abstract The paper refers to a small fraction of raw data obtained during 50 interviews carried out in Lisbon and in Warsaw in 2017-2018. Through…