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Learning as Intersubjectivity
This chapter introduces key concepts that served as cornerstones in the design, implementation, and research of networked learning projects with a...
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Intersubjective Interaction During the Word Explanation Activity in Social Virtual Reality
This chapter draws on audio-visual data of interaction in the virtual reality space Rec Room and conversation analysis to examine intersubjectivity...
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Openings of Interactions in Immersive Virtual Reality: Identifying and Recognising Prospective Participants
This chapter studies openings of interactions in immersive virtual reality (VR). Immersive VR refers to computer-generated and visually rich...
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Complexity of Interaction Studies in Multimodal Conversation Analysis
Everyday social life is deeply tied to the ways in which people talk, interact, and engage in joint activities with each other. This book examines...
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Nudging Questions as Devices for Prompting Courses of Action and Negotiating Deontic (A)symmetry in UN Military Observer Training
This chapter examines nudging questions as devices for prompting courses of action in multinational Military Observer training. Nudging questions are...
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Culture in English Language Teaching: Let the Language Do the Talking
In this chapter I demonstrate how corpus linguistics can be harnessed in English language teaching to raise awareness of the embeddedness of culture...
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Therapists’ Response Strategies and Teaching Orientations
This chapter is directed towards therapists’ actions in group sessions involving French- and Finnish-speaking preadolescent boys with autism spectrum...
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Theories of Meaning for the Internet of Things
In this chapter, we consider the theoretical foundations for representing knowledge in the Internet of Things context. Specifically, we consider (1)...
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The (Absent) Body in Research on Paranormal Phenomena
In this chapter, we reflect on the relative absence of academic study about the body in paranormal research and outline an argument for its...
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Lawyer Evaluation in Chinese Courtroom A Social-Semiotic Perspective
This book focuses on the speech style of lawyer talk in contemporary Chinese courtrooms. The topic is intriguing to readers who may wonder how...
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On the Complexities of Interaction: An Introduction
Everyday social life is tied to the ways in which people talk, interact, and engage in joint activities with each other. This book draws on the...
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Linguistic Feeling: A Relational Approach Incorporating Epistemology, Theories of Language, and Human-Machine Interaction
This chapter is devoted to the remarkable, complex, and kaleidoscopic concept of linguistic feeling, which we explore from various scientific...
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Conclusion
This work has been concerned with approaching Metaphor of Modality within an integrated cognitive-functional framework.
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Towards a Constructional Approach to Metaphor of Modality
This chapter will discuss the need to incorporate the cognitive constructional approach to account for (interpersonal) Metaphor of Modality and how...
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The Pragmatics and Discourse Functions of MM
Targeting the linguistic phenomenon of MM, the core question is how and why metaphorical and congruent modes of modality differ from each other.
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Key Concepts for Cultural Communication in the Workplace
Starting with a preliminary consideration of cultureculture, communicationcommunication, and the workplaceworkplace in a globalglobal context, we...
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Meaning-Blindness, and Linguistic Feeling: Wittgenstein on How We “Experience” Meaning
Wittgenstein has paid much attention to what he calls “experience of meaning” and has tried to figure out what would be the consequences if someone...
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Building on Linguistically Exclusive Talk: Access, Participation, and Progressivity in a Multinational Military Staff
This chapter analyses how officers training to work in a multinational military staff orient to challenges caused by a lack of access to what their...
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Conclusions
The present study explored how (im)politeness is discursively conveyed and inferred in customer-agent interactions. Using a sociopragmatic approach...
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Non-routine Calls for Information and Request Emails
This chapter investigates manifestations of impoliteness in inbound calls for information and request emails that deviate from the normative...