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The Discourse of Powerlessness and Repression

Author : Hans J. Ladegaard
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317265491
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (172 download)

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Download or read book The Discourse of Powerlessness and Repression written by Hans J. Ladegaard and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-10-26 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on a large corpus of narratives recorded at a church shelter for abused domestic helpers in Hong Kong, this monograph explores how the women discursively construct themselves in sharing sessions with other helpers. They see themselves as ‘helpers’ who have come to Hong Kong to help their families, to help the people in the city, and to serve God. A wide variety of competing identities are constructed in the narratives: submissive helper, sacrificial mother, daughter and wife, and powerless traumatised victim, but also resourceful indignant migrant women who, through sharing and peer support, become empowered to fight against abusive employers. This book provides a detailed discourse analysis of the women’s narratives, but it also explores larger issues such as global migration, exploitation, language and power, abuse and the psychology of evil, intergroup communication, and peer support and empowerment.

The Discourse of Sport

Author : David Caldwell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317290615
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (172 download)

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Download or read book The Discourse of Sport written by David Caldwell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection brings together innovative research from socially-oriented applied linguists working in sports. Drawing on contemporary approaches to applied linguistics, this book provides readers with in-depth analyses of examples of language-in-use in the context of sport, and interprets them through the lens of larger issues within sport culture and practice. With contributions from an international group of scholars, this an essential reference for scholars and researchers in applied linguistics, discourse analysis, sport communication, sport management, journalism and media studies.

The Discourse of Ethics and Equity in Intercultural Communication

Author : Shanta Nair-Venugopal
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317409450
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book The Discourse of Ethics and Equity in Intercultural Communication written by Shanta Nair-Venugopal and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-02 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the notions of ethics and equity in relation to language and communication in intercultural relations. Although these notions are often discussed, they are not always addressed with regard to specifi c subjects. Much intercultural discourse and dialogue in recent times has been coloured by the clash of civilizations (as described by Samuel Huntington), terrorist attacks such as 9/11, and the indelible effects which these events have had on dealings between different peoples, cultures and religions. This book discusses ethics and equity with regard to marginalized and privileged minorities, victims of abuse and of confl ict, researchers and practitioners, and language learners and speaker/users. It opens up spaces for a critical discourse of ethics and equity in language and intercultural communication as ‘new’ knowledge. This book was originally published as a special issue of Language and Intercultural Communication.

Migrant Workers’ Narratives of Return

Author : Hans J. Ladegaard
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000922863
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Migrant Workers’ Narratives of Return written by Hans J. Ladegaard and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-08-23 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on a corpus of 113 narratives told by migrant workers who have returned to their home country, Ladegaard details Indonesian and Filipina (domestic) migrant workers’ experiences of homecoming after years of work abroad, separated from their loved ones. The narratives deal with two major themes: 1) Migrant workers’ experiences in the diaspora, which for many, particularly Indonesian workers, were associated with abuse and exploitation leading to trauma; and 2) migrant workers’ experiences of coming home, which include both the happy reunion with the family but also concerns about not ‘fitting in’ and the need to reinvent themselves because they are not who they were when they left. This is particularly true for workers whose migratory journeys have failed and who have come back to their hometowns without any financial award. Chapters also explore the major difference between Filipina and Indonesian migrant workers’ overseas experiences. The Filipina returnees share mostly positive stories while the Indonesian returnees uncover mostly negative stories, further illuminating what may explain these diverse migratory experiences. Finally, the book discusses how research on disenfranchised groups like (domestic) migrant workers can be used for social and political action. An excellent text that will appeal to academics, teachers and postgraduate students in the humanities and social sciences, particularly in sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, intercultural communication, anthropology, and migration studies.

China's Contingencies and Globalization

Author : Changgang Guo
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351867423
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (518 download)

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Download or read book China's Contingencies and Globalization written by Changgang Guo and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-11 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How have Chinese views on globalization developed over time? How is China managing the new normal of slower growth? Is China creating an alternative modernity? Is China a status quo power or a reform power? Can China manage its growing international role in international institutions and in the New Development Bank, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, along with infrastructure projects in the region such as One Belt One Road and the Maritime Silk Road? Can China achieve balanced interactions with ASEAN and with developing countries in the region and worldwide? How is governance in China evolving in relation to social movements, protests, labour struggles and migrant workers? Do Chinese policies in relation to religious diversity contribute to social harmony or to friction? This timely volume by Chinese and international scholars offers diverse perspectives on these questions. This book was originally published as a special issue of Third World Quarterly.

Corpus-Based Sociolinguistics

Author : Eric Friginal
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136292764
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (362 download)

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Download or read book Corpus-Based Sociolinguistics written by Eric Friginal and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-17 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last decade, the availability of corpora and the technological advancements of corpus tools have increased dramatically. Applied linguists have greater access to data from around the world and in a variety of languages through websites, blogs, and social networking sites, and there is a high level of interest among these scholars in applying corpora and corpus-based methods to other research areas, particularly sociolinguistics. This innovative guidebook presents a systematic, in-depth account of using corpora in sociolinguistics. It introduces and expands the application of corpora and corpus approaches and tools in sociolinguistic research, surveys the growing number of studies in corpus-based sociolinguistics, and provides instructions and options for designing and developing corpus-based studies. Readers will find practical information on such contemporary topics as workplace registers, megacorpora, and using the web as a corpus. Vignettes, case studies, discussion questions, and activities throughout further enhance students’ involvement with the material and provide opportunities for hands-on practice of the methods discussed. Corpus-Based Sociolinguistics is a comprehensive and accessible guide, a must-read for any student or scholar interested in exploring this popular and promising approach to sociolinguistic research.

Care Communication

Author : Peter Backhaus
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315387808
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (153 download)

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Download or read book Care Communication written by Peter Backhaus and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-03-27 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book studies communication in institutional eldercare. It is based on audio-recorded interactions between residents and staff in a Japanese care facility. The focus is on the morning care routines, which include getting the residents out of bed and ready for the day. Combining quantitative and qualitative methods, the analysis explores the characteristics of care communication as they become manifest in the interactional small print. Topics include the use of terms of address and formal speech, the basic organisation of openings and closings, the difficulties of talking while working—and, at times, working while talking—and tempo differences between residents and staff as they move along between bed and breakfast. The research findings are contextualised with results from previous studies, tracing significant features and explanation for deviant cases. The author is a trained linguist and certified nursing assistant with first-hand working experience in institutional eldercare.

Heritage Language Policies around the World

Author : Corinne A. Seals
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317274040
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (172 download)

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Download or read book Heritage Language Policies around the World written by Corinne A. Seals and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-18 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heritage language policies define the context in which heritage languages are maintained or abandoned by communities, and this volume describes and analyzes international policy strategies, as well as the implications for the actual heritage language speakers. This volume brings together heritage language policy case studies from around the world, foregrounding globalization by covering five regions: the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australasia. The countries profiled include the United States, Canada, Argentina, Norway, Sweden, Ireland, Uganda, Namibia, Morocco, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, New Zealand, Australia, and Fiji. This volume also highlights an expanded definition of ‘heritage language’, choosing to focus on individual and community identities, and therefore including both Indigenous and immigrant languages. Focusing specifically on language policy relating to heritage languages, the chapters address key questions such as Are heritage languages included or excluded from the national language policy discourse? What are the successes and shortcomings of efforts to establish heritage language policies? What is the definition of ‘heritage language’ in official usage by the local/regional government and stakeholders? How are these language policies perceived by the actual heritage language communities?

Language Contact and the Future of English

Author : Ian Mackenzie
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351366580
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (513 download)

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Download or read book Language Contact and the Future of English written by Ian Mackenzie and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-12-15 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reflects on the future of the English language as used by native speakers, speakers of nativized New Englishes, and users of English as a lingua franca (ELF). The volume begins by outlining the current position of English in the world and accounts for the differences among native and nativized varieties and ELF usages. It offers a historical perspective on the impact of language contact on English and discusses whether the lexicogrammatical features of New Englishes and ELF are shaped by imperfect learning or deliberate language change. The book also considers the consequences of writing in a second language and questions the extent to which non-native English-speaking academics and researchers should be required to conform to ‘Anglo’ patterns of text organization and ‘English Academic Discourse.’ The book then examines the converse effect of English on other languages through bilingualism and translation. This volume is essential reading for students and scholars in English language, sociolinguistics, language acquisition, and language policy.

The Politics of Translingualism

Author : Jerry Won Lee
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315310511
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (153 download)

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Download or read book The Politics of Translingualism written by Jerry Won Lee and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-22 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Translingualism refers to an orientation in scholarship that recognizes the fluidity of language boundaries and endorses a greater tolerance for the plurality of Englishes worldwide. However, it is possible that translingualism exacerbates the very problems it seeks to redress. This book seeks to destabilize underlying attitudes inherent in the narrowly conceptualized view of Englishes by pushing forward current theories of translingualism and integrating cutting-edge scholarship from sociolinguistics, critical theory, and composition studies. The Politics of Translingualism pays particular attention to the politics of evaluating language, including different Englishes, at a moment of unprecedented linguistic plurality worldwide. The book draws on analyses of a wide range of artifacts, from television commercials, social media comments, contemporary and canonical poetry, contemporary and historical English phrasebooks, commercial shop signs, and the writing of multilingual university students. The volume also looks outside the classroom, featuring interviews with recruiters in a number of professional fields to examine the ways in which language ideologies about Englishes can impact students entering the workforce. This book offers an innovative take on current debates on multilingualism and global Englishes, serving as an ideal resource for students and scholars in applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, composition studies, education, and cultural studies.

Living Languages and New Approaches to Language Revitalisation Research

Author : Tonya N. Stebbins
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351977946
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)

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Download or read book Living Languages and New Approaches to Language Revitalisation Research written by Tonya N. Stebbins and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-20 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book advocates for a new model of describing the practices of language revitalization, and decolonizing the research methods used to study them. The volume provides a comprehensive treatment of the theoretical and methodological foundations of working with communities revitalizing their languages. It lays out the conceptual framework at the heart of the project and moves into a description of the model, based on a seven-year research process working with Aboriginal communities in eastern Australia. Six case studies show the model’s application in language revival practice. The book critically engages with the notion of revival languages as emergent and ever-transforming and develops a holistic approach to their description that reflects Aboriginal language practitioners’ understandings of the nature of language. It seeks to demonstrate how the conceptual tools developed from this approach can support efforts to develop deeply collaborative research, highlight the diversity of language revitalisation practice and map between the realms of old and new, local and global, and the social, cultural, and textual dimensions of language, making this an ideal resource for researchers and scholars in sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, education, cultural studies, and post-colonial studies.

Language, Global Mobilities, Blue-Collar Workers and Blue-collar Workplaces

Author : Kellie Gonçalves
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000281000
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Language, Global Mobilities, Blue-Collar Workers and Blue-collar Workplaces written by Kellie Gonçalves and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-11-26 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection brings together global perspectives which critically examine the ways in which language as a resource is used and managed in myriad ways in various blue-collar workplace settings in today’s globalized economy. In focusing on blue-collar work environments, the book sheds further light on the informal processes through which top down language policies take place in different multilingual settings and the resultant asymmetrical power relations which emerge among employees and employers in such settings. Taking into account the latest debates on poststructuralist theories of language, the volume also extends its conceptualization of language to demonstrate the ways in which it extends to a wider range of multilingual and multimodal resources and communicative practices, all of which combine in unique and different ways toward constructing meaning in the workplace. The volume’s unique focus on such workplaces also showcases domains of work which have generally until now been less visible within existing research on language in the workplace and the subsequent methodological challenges that arise from studying them. Integrating a range of theoretical and methodological approaches, along with empirical data from a diverse range of blue-collar workplaces, this book will be of particular interest to students and researchers in critical sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, sociology, and linguistic anthropology.

Language and Intercultural Communication in the Workplace

Author : Hans J. Ladegaard
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315468158
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (154 download)

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Download or read book Language and Intercultural Communication in the Workplace written by Hans J. Ladegaard and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-04-19 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From language classrooms to outdoor markets, the workplace is fundamental to socialisation. It is not only a site of employment where money is made and institutional roles are enacted through various forms of discourse; it is also a location where people engage in social actions and practices. The workplace is an interesting research site because of advances in communication technology, cheaper and greater options for travel, and global migration and immigration. Work now requires people to travel over great geographical distances, communicate with cultural ‘others’ located in different time zones, relocate to different regions or countries, and conduct business in online settings. The workplace is thus changing and evolving, creating new and emerging communicative contexts. This volume provides a greater understanding of workplace cultures, particularly the ways in which working in highly interconnected and multicultural societies shape language and intercultural communication. The chapters focus on critical approaches to theory and practice, in particular how practice is used to shape theory. They also question the validity and universality of existing models. Some of the predominant models in intercultural communication have been criticised for being Eurocentric or Anglocentric, and this volume proposes alternative frameworks for analysing intercultural communication in the workplace. This book was originally published as a special issue of Language and Intercultural Communication.

Identity Struggles

Author : Dorien Van De Mieroop
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027265887
Total Pages : 471 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Identity Struggles written by Dorien Van De Mieroop and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2017-04-15 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection provides a kaleidoscopic view of a range of identity struggles in the workplace context. It features twenty-two case studies that present an eclectic mix of workplaces in different socio-cultural contexts. They include, among others, household workers in Peru and Hong Kong, female professionals in India and the UK, social workers in Botswana and on Canadian reserves, tourist guides in Europe and construction workers in New Zealand. The volume addresses important questions on professional competence, group membership, (sometimes competing) expectations, and identity boundaries. The chapters establish that identity struggles are a reflection of issues of knowledge, competing norms and attempts for social change.

Expanding Horizons in Health Communication

Author : Bernadette Watson
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811543895
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (115 download)

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Download or read book Expanding Horizons in Health Communication written by Bernadette Watson and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-06-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the ways in which Eastern and Western medical knowledge inform each other in the treatment of people in Asia across a wide range of health issues. To do so, it brings together health communication scholars from diverse disciplines both in Hong Kong and worldwide and combines their observations and expertise with those of clinicians working in healthcare in Asia to provide a topical portrait of the expanding horizons of healthcare in Asia. Social scientists and clinicians discuss their research and clinical practice respectively using a range of analytic approaches that include traditional qualitative and quantitative methodologies, as well as cutting-edge computer diagnostics that digitally visualize health interactions across time. The book presents an innovative and interdisciplinary investigation of Eastern and Western perspectives on healthcare in Asia. It covers topics concerned with a range of mental and physical problems that are currently confronting Asia. Importantly, the views and experiences of front line clinicians delivering patient care in Asia are also included. Accordingly, the book offers varied and innovative perspectives on health communication issues in China, Singapore, Bangladesh and Australia.

Women's Narratives of Health Disruption and Illness

Author : Jennifer M. Hawkins
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1498592643
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book Women's Narratives of Health Disruption and Illness written by Jennifer M. Hawkins and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-06-28 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through narrative accounts, this book explores how women experience the health disruptions and illnesses that impact and often span their lives. The contributors examine how women's broader and ongoing life stories impact and are impacted by health disruptions and illnesses.

Mixed Race in Asia

Author : Zarine L. Rocha
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1351982486
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)

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Download or read book Mixed Race in Asia written by Zarine L. Rocha and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-07-14 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: mixed race in Asia -- Part I China and Vietnam -- 1 'A class by themselves': battles over Eurasian schooling in late-nineteenth-century Shanghai -- 2 Mixing blood and race: representing Hunxue in contemporary China -- 3 Métis of Vietnam: an historical perspective on mixed-race children from the French colonial period -- Part II South Korea and Japan -- 4 Developing bilingualism in a largely monolingual society: Southeast Asian marriage migrants and multicultural families in South Korea -- 5 Haafu identity in Japan: half, mixed or double? -- 6 Claiming Japaneseness: recognition, privilege and status in Japanese-Filipino 'mixed' ethnic identity constructions -- Part III Malaysia and Singapore -- 7 Being 'mixed' in Malaysia: negotiating ethnic identity in a racialized context -- 8 Chinese, Indians and the grey space in between: strategies of identity work among Chindians in a plural society -- 9 'Our Chinese': the mixedness of Peranakan Chinese identities in Kelantan, Malaysia -- 10 Eurasian as multiracial: mixed race, gendered categories and identity in Singapore -- Part IV India and Indonesia -- 11 Is the Anglo-Indian'identity crisis' a myth? -- 12 Performing Britishness in a railway colony: production of Anglo-Indiansas a railway caste -- 13 Sometimes white, sometimes Asian: boundary-making among transnational mixed descent youth at an international school in Indonesia -- 14 Class, race and being Indo (Eurasian) in colonial and postcolonial Indonesia -- Afterword -- Index