Paper #2 Interaction in Intercultural Marriage 1 Running Head: INTERACTION IN INTERCULTURAL MARRIAGE Marital Interaction in Intercultural Marriage: An Application of Expectancy Violation Theory Ni Duan and Glenda Claborne University of Arizona Paper #2 Interaction in Intercultural Marriage 2 Abstract This paper analyzes marital selection‚ marital conflict‚ marital interaction and marital outcome in intercultural marriages using the premises and framework of Expectancy Violations
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Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour 41:3 0021-8308 The Meaning of Meaning in Sociology. The Achievements and Shortcomings of Alfred Schutz’s Phenomenological Sociology RISTO HEISKALA jtsb_461 231..246 INTRODUCTION Theories of social action such as rational choice theories (Abell 2000; Coleman 1990; Elster 1989 and 2007)‚ Weber (1922) and early Parsons (1937) usually build on a conception of an individual actor who is capable to order his or her goals in the order of preference
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Introducing Sociolinguistics ‘Here is a welcome introduction to sociolinguistics by a leading researcher in the field. Users will be inspired by the breadth and sweep of Meyerhoff’s treatment.’ William Labov‚ University of Pennsylvania‚ USA ‘Miriam Meyerhoff’s entertaining volume revels in the diversity that is the cornerstone of sociolinguistics – she takes us to every continent to provide contemporary‚ refreshing and engaging examples of the key concepts of the discipline‚ and does so in a
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1 REVIEW OF THE TYPES OF TESTS 1. Discrete and Integrative Tests Tests have come to be an accepted component of instructional programs throughout the world. The main reasons for testing are: a) to measure individual progress; b) to assess the degree of success of teaching and learning and to identify areas of weakness and difficulty; c) to measure students probable performance; d) to sort new students into teaching groups so that they are approximately the same
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Journal of Pragmatics 36 (2004) 1253–1269 Metaphor and translation: some implications of a cognitive approach ¨ Christina Schaffner* School of Languages and European Studies‚ Aston University‚ Aston Triangle‚ Birmingham B4 7ET‚ UK Received 5 June 2003; received in revised form 12 September 2003; accepted 8 October 2003 Abstract Metaphor has been widely discussed within the discipline of Translation Studies‚ predominantly with respect to translatability and transfer methods. It has been argued
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Chapter 2 Communication Accommodation Theory A cross-disciplinary discourse-sensitive framework Until I am free to write bilingually and to switch codes without having always to translate‚ while I still have to speak English or Spanish when I would rather speak Spanglish‚ and as long as I have to accommodate the English speakers rather than having them accommodate me‚ my tongue will be illegitimate. I will no longer be made to feel ashamed of existing. I will have my voice: Indian‚ Spanish
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Journal of Pragmatics 35 (2003) 695–721 www.elsevier.com/locate/pragma On newspaper headlines as relevance optimizers Daniel Dor* Department of Communications‚ Tel Aviv University‚ Tel Aviv‚ Israel Abstract This paper suggests an explanatory functional characterization of newspaper headlines. Couched within Sperber and Wilson’s (1986) relevance theory‚ the paper makes the claim that headlines are designed to optimize the relevance of their stories for their readers: Headlines provide the
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Word meaning‚ sentence meaning‚ and syntactic meaning Laura A. Michaelis Abstract The lexicon has long been assumed to be the source of all conceptual content expressed by sentences. Syntactic structures have correspondingly been seen only as providing instructions for the assembly of the concepts expressed by words. Under this view‚ sentences have meaning‚ but the syntactic structures which sentences instantiate do not. This paper challenges this view: it uses the phenomenon of implicit
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This page intentionally left blank The Study of Language Designed for beginners‚ this best-selling textbook provides a lively introduction to the study of language. Starting from the basics‚ it provides a solid foundation in all of the essential topics‚ and introduces the analysis of the key elements of language – sounds‚ words‚ structures and meanings. A wide range of fascinating questions are explored‚ such as how conversation works‚ how children learn language‚ why women and men speak differently
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do it again both presuppose that the subject has done it already one or more times; My wife is pregnant and My wife is not pregnant both presuppose that the subject has a wife. In this respect‚ presupposition is distinguished from entailment and implicature. For example‚ The president was assassinated entails that The president is dead‚ but if the expression is negated‚ the entailment is not necessarily true. Contents[hide] * 1 Negation of a sentence containing a presupposition * 2 Projection
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