This book proposes a socio-pragmatic exploration of the discursive practices used to construe and dynamically negotiate positions in news interviews. It starts with a discursive interpretation of ‘positioning’, ‘role’ and ‘challenge’, puts forward the relevance of a distinction between social and interactional roles, demonstrates how challenges bring to the fore the relevant roles and role-components of the participants, and shows that in news interviews speakers constantly position and re-position themselves and....
With her theory of 'Language as Dialogue', Edda Weigand has opened up a new and promising perspective in linguistic research and its neighbouring disciplines. Her model of 'competence-in-performance' solved the problem of how to bridge the gap between competence and performance and thus substantially shaped the way in which people look at language today. This book traces Weigand's linguistic career from its beginning to today and comprises a selection of articles which take the reader on a vivid and fascinating journey through the most important stages of her theorizing.
Устный экзамен по английскому языку. Монолог, диалог / Oral Test in English: Monologue, Dialogue
Пособие содержит задания и тренировочные упражнения для обучения монологической и диалогической речи учащихся с целью контроля знаний по английскому языку. В начале каждого вида заданий дано пояснение для учителей, как лучше организовать работу, и приведены различные варианты их выполнения. Адресовано учащимся для подготовки к выпускным и вступительным экзаменам, олимпиадам разного уровня, а также учителям для повышения качества обучения монологической речи на уроках, всем, кто желает дополнительно попрактиковаться в английском языке, используя нетрадиционные методы.
A Dictionary of Postmodernism presents an authoritative A-Z of the critical terms and central figures related to the origins and evolution of postmodernist theory and culture.
Explores the names and ideas that have come to define the postmodern condition – from Baudrillard, Jameson, and Lyotard, to the concepts of deconstruction, meta-narrative, and simulation – alongside less canonical topics such as dialogue and punk
Includes essays by the late Niall Lucy, a leading expert in postmodernism studies, and by other noted scholars who came together to complete and expand upon his last work
Everyday Dialogues The English School that takes you to the next level! These ready-to-teach dialogues and short conversations get your students practicing the language of everyday tasks such as grocery shopping or going to the bank. Students work in pairs to polish their speaking skills. Each lesson includes a practice dialogue, a recorded listening, a follow-up activity, and a writing task. These lessons can be used with or without the downloadable audio.
