Der Fokus der Jugendsprachforschung liegt auf dem Gesprachsverhalten in weiblichen und mannlichen Peergruppen, Analysen gemischter Gruppen erfolgten bisher nicht. Diese Studie schliesst diese Forschungslucke und untersucht die Sprachhandlungsmuster Lastern, Frotzeln und Bloedeln in gemischtgeschlechtlichen jugendlichen Kleingruppen zweier Altersklassen (12-15 Jahre, 16-19 Jahre). Wie werden Laster-, Frotzel- und Bloedelaktivitaten in getrennt- und gemischtgeschlechtlichen Situationen sprachlich ausgestaltet? Welche Funktionen nehmen sie ein? Auf Grundlage des empirischen Materials werden gendertypische Merkmale des Lasterns, Frotzelns und Bloedelns sowie verschiedene Konzepte zur Versprachlichung des Doing Gender unter Jugendlichen herausgearbeitet und diskutiert.

Dieser Band prasentiert die Beitrage der VII. Innsbrucker Ringvorlesung zur Translationswissenschaft, die im Sommersemester 2013 am Institut fur Translationswissenschaft zu Innsbruck stattfand. International namhafte Translationswissenschaftler aus sieben Landern Europas stellten zu der traditionellen internationalen Innsbrucker Ringvorlesung ihre Forschungen zum Phanomen Translationskompetenz vor und zur Diskussion. Translationskompetenz - Woher kommt sie? Was ist das? Wohin geht sie? Diesen drei programmatischen Fragen lassen sich alle Vorlesungen dieses Bandes zuordnen, der bewusst den Titel Bausteine translatorischer Kompetenz tragt, da die Frage, was die Translationskompetenz ausmacht, bis heute Ratsel aufgibt. Die Beitrage beleuchten einzelne Kompetenzen, uber die TranslatorInnen nach Meinung der Ringvorlesenden verfugen (mussen), um professionell ubersetzen bzw. dolmetschen zu koennen. Die AutorInnen des Bandes sind: Gyde Hansen (Kopenhagen), Peter Sandrini (Innsbruck), Pius ten Hacken (Swansea/Innsbruck), Michaela Albl-Mikasa (Winterthur), Vlasta Kucis (Maribor), Anna Malgorzewicz (Wroclaw), Sebastian Donat (Innsbruck), Wolfgang Poeckl (Innsbruck), Laura Santamaria (Barcelona), Lew Zybatow (Innsbruck).

Trotz der allgemeinen Akzeptanz der Konstruktionsgrammatik fur die Beschreibung sprachlicher Phanomene im englischen und deutschen Sprachraum hat das Modell der Konstruktionsgrammatik bislang wenig Interesse in der Romanistik gefunden. Dieser Band bietet zwoelf konkrete Untersuchungen zu Konstruktionen unterschiedlicher Komplexitatsgrade aus der Morphologie, der Syntax und der Textlinguistik und zwar fur die romanischen Sprachen Franzoesisch, Italienisch, Spanisch, und Katalanisch, sowie fur Latein, und zeigt dabei den Nutzen konstruktionsgrammatischer Beschreibungsansatze auf.

Dieser thematische Sammelband enthalt Zwischenergebnisse aus sprechwissenschaftlichen Forschungen und Praxisprojekten zur Kommunikation zwischen fruhpadagogischen Fachkraften und Kindern in Kindertageseinrichtungen. Der Fokus liegt dabei sowohl auf der Analyse des Gesprachsverhaltens von Erzieherinnen und Kindern als auch auf der Starkung von Sprachbildung und -foerderung. Untersucht wird, wie authentische Gesprache zwischen Erzieherinnen und Kindern verlaufen, worin sich Gesprachsfahigkeit von Erzieherinnen zeigt, welche Bedeutung Sprachstandsfeststellungen haben und anderes mehr. Aus den Erkenntnissen werden praxistaugliche Schulungsinhalte im Sinne einer alltagsintegrierten Sprachbildung abgeleitet.

'The thrill is that you're actually figuring it out on your own. You're engaging with another language, not just parroting it... It's an excellent way to start, and leaves the listener thinking, Hey, Ich kann do dis.' - New Yorker, David Sedaris, humorist and author, on learning Italian with the Michel Thomas Method Looking for a convenient language course that fits your lifestyle and gets you speaking a new language in a matter of weeks, not years? The original no-books, no-homework, no-memorizing method is in tune with the way the brain prefers to receive, store and retrieve information. You'll stick with it because you'll love it. This Taster course is the first hour of the eight-hour Foundation Italian course. Within this first hour you will learn 50 essential words of Italian thanks to the Michel Thomas Method, perfected over 50 years by celebrated psycholinguist Michel Thomas. * Pick up Italian naturally and unforgettably without strain * Learn from listening and speaking, without the pressure of writing or memorizing * Build up your Italian in manageable steps by thinking out answers for yourself * Progress to the full Foundation Italian course with confidence in the method. WHAT'S NEW? This new edition includes remastered audio and comes in new, eco-friendly recyclable packaging. WHY IS THE METHOD SO SUCCESSFUL? 'What you understand, you know; and what you know, you don't forget.' - Michel Thomas Before there was machine learning, there was Michel Thomas. For over 50 years he worked on decoding languages by breaking them down into their most essential component parts. These 'building blocks' are introduced to the learner sequentially in such a way that you reconstruct the language for yourself - to form your own sentences, to say what you want, when you want. This unique method draws on the principles of instructional psychology and works with the way your brain prefers to receive, store and retrieve information. Knowledge is structured and organized so that you absorb the language easily and don't forget it. The method is designed to eliminate the stress which prevents you from relaxing and allowing the brain to work in the way which accepts learning in a seemingly painless, very exciting and highly motivating way. HOW DO THE COURSES WORK? 'All stress inhibits true and effective learning' - Michel Thomas During the course, you will join Michel Thomas and two students in a live lesson, learning from both their successes and their mistakes to keep you motivated and involved throughout the course. You, as the learner, become the third student and participate actively in the class. Within the very first hour you will be able to construct simple phrases by listening and thinking out answers for yourself without the pressure of writing or stress of having to memorize. You will learn at your own pace, pausing and repeating where necessary, and complete the course in about 3-5 hours. WHAT WILL I ACTUALLY ACHIEVE? 'I am the architect who builds the house. It's up to you to decorate it.' - Michel Thomas The Michel Thomas Method will help you kick-start, continue, and flourish in your Italian language learning journey. It is not intended to get you perfectly fluent, but it will get you speaking and using Italian, with proper pronunciation, faster than most any other method. It is designed to give you a strong foundation and good working knowledge of a language from which you can expand and later 'add decoration' to. It is a rapid method for learning, but still requires effort and concentration on the part of the learner. WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THE COURSE?* Start Italian includes one audio CD. The booklet is available to download from www.michelthomas.com. LEARN ANYWHERE AND ANYTIME! Reclaim your pockets of free time to learn a new language! Don't be tied to chunky books or your computer, Michel Thomas Method audio courses let you learn whenever and wherever you want, in as little or as much time as you have. WHERE DO I GO NEXT? Foundation Italian follows on from the Start course.

'The thrill is that you're actually figuring it out on your own. You're engaging with another language, not just parroting it... It's an excellent way to start, and leaves the listener thinking, Hey, Ich kann do dis.' - New Yorker, David Sedaris, humorist and author, on learning German with the Michel Thomas Method Looking for a convenient language course that fits your lifestyle and gets you speaking a new language in a matter of weeks, not years? The original no-books, no-homework, no-memorizing method is in tune with the way the brain prefers to receive, store and retrieve information. You'll stick with it because you'll love it. * Improve your Portuguese naturally and unforgettably without strain or stress * Learn from listening and speaking, without the pressure of writing or memorizing * Build up your Portuguese in manageable steps by thinking out answers for yourself WHY IS THE METHOD SO SUCCESSFUL? 'What you understand, you know; and what you know, you don't forget.' - Michel Thomas Before there was machine learning, there was Michel Thomas. For over 50 years he worked on decoding languages by breaking them down into their most essential component parts. These 'building blocks' are introduced to the learner sequentially in such a way that you reconstruct the language for yourself - to form your own sentences, to say what you want, when you want. This unique method draws on the principles of instructional psychology and works with the way your brain prefers to receive, store and retrieve information. Knowledge is structured and organized so that you absorb the language easily and don't forget it. The method is designed to eliminate the stress which prevents you from relaxing and allowing the brain to work in the way which accepts learning in a seemingly painless, very exciting and highly motivating way. HOW DO THE COURSES WORK? 'All stress inhibits true and effective learning' - Michel Thomas During the course, you will join Michel Thomas Method Teachers Virginia Catmur and two students in a live lesson, learning from both their successes and their mistakes to keep you motivated and involved throughout the course. You, as the learner, become the third student and participate actively in the class. Within the very first hour you will be able to construct complex phrases by listening and thinking out answers for yourself without the pressure of writing or stress of having to memorize. You will learn at your own pace, pausing and repeating where necessary, and complete the course in about 15-20 hours. By the end of the course, you will have a solid working knowledge of Portuguese and be able to express yourself confidently in a variety of situatio

The book contains papers presented at an international colloquium which has taken place at regular intervals (since 1985) and which is devoted to the contrasting study of the French language in Europe and Canada. In 2007 the focus was on the different varieties of French that can be observed in France and in Canada. Here specialists from Canada, France and Germany present their research results in the fields of phonetics and phonology, vocabulary and lexicography, word formation, history of the French language and the history of (French) place names in present-day Canada.

This is the essential guide to the most transferable of all student skills: delivering a presentation clearly, coherently and confidently. Written in a friendly and accessible style, it takes the fear out of public speaking and helps students to acquire the skills they need to deliver effective presentations at university and in their future careers. Revised and updated throughout, it provides readers with practical guidance on controlling their nerves, creating visual aids and structuring presentations. This is an invaluable resource for students of all disciplines in further or higher education who have to give presentations as part of their course. It is also ideal for recent graduates looking to hone their presentation skills as they enter the job market. New to this Edition: - Fully updated to reflect the latest developments in technology, with new material on making the most of the latest software, platforms and networking tools - Gives students even more support with additional exercises and checklists

Argentinien hat eine uber 100-jahrige Erfahrung als Einwanderungsland. Vom ausgehenden 19. Jahrhundert an liessen sich mehr als sechs Millionen Menschen, vornehmlich aus Europa, in Argentinien nieder. Heute kommen die meisten Einwanderer dagegen aus Lateinamerika und Asien. In Politik, Massenmedien und im Alltag treffen sie auf eine breite Front der Ablehnung. Diese Untersuchung gibt einen Einblick in den Einwanderungsdiskurs der 1990-er Jahre. Sie erforscht allgemeine sprachliche und interaktive Verfahren der Bildung von Gruppen im Gesprach und orientiert sich methodisch an dem konversationsanalytischen Konzept der Membership Categorization. Sie zeigt, wie die Konstruktion von Wir- und Fremdgruppen im Gesprach miteinander verzahnt ist: Wie konstituieren argentinische Sprecher die Gruppen von Einwanderern und Einheimischen? Wie arbeiten sie im Gesprach heraus, was diese Gruppen unterscheidet? Wie definieren sie vor dem Hintergrund der 'neuen' Einwanderung ihre nationale Identitat und welche Konsequenzen hat dies fur die Formulierung der Ablehnung? Diese Fragen werden anhand von Alltagsgesprachen detailliert beantwortet.

A discussion of the benefits and pitfalls of citizen science-scientific undertakings that make use of public participation and crowd-sourced data collection. James Wynn's timely investigation highlights scientific studies grounded in publicly gathered data and probes the rhetoric these studies employ. Many of these endeavors, such as the widely used SETI@home project, simply draw on the processing power of participants' home computers; others, like the protein-folding game FoldIt, ask users to take a more active role in solving scientific problems. In Citizen Science in the Digital Age: Rhetoric, Science, and Public Engagement, Wynn analyzes the discourse that enables these scientific ventures, as well as the difficulties that arise in communication between scientists and lay people and the potential for misuse of publicly gathered data. Wynn puzzles out the intricacies of these exciting new research developments by focusing on various case studies. He explores the Safecast project, which originated from crowd-sourced mapping for Fukushima radiation dispersal, arguing that evolving technologies enable public volunteers to make concrete, sound, science-based arguments. Additionally, he considers the potential use of citizen science as a method of increasing the public's identification with the scientific community, and contemplates how more collaborative rhetoric might deepen these opportunities for interaction and alignment. Furthermore, he examines ways in which the lived experience of volunteers may be integrated with expert scientific knowledge, and also how this same personal involvement can be used to further policy agendas. Precious few texts explore the intersection of rhetoric, science, and the Internet. Citizen Science in the Digital Age fills this gap, offering a clear, intelligent overview of the topic intended for rhetoric and communication scholars as well as practitioners and administrators in a number of science-based disciplines. With the expanded availability of once inaccessible technologies and computing power to laypeople, the practice of citizen science will only continue to grow. This study offers insight into how-given prudent application and the clear articulation of common goals-citizen science might strengthen the relationships between scientists and laypeople.

Develop your powers of public persuasion with the ultimate guide to great speeches and business presentations… Do you get tongue-tied at the mere thought of speaking in public? Would you rather swim with sharks or undergo a tax audit than face an audience? Well, you’re not alone. According to the Book of Lists’ list of humans’ greatest fears, the fear of death is our fourth greatest fear, while fear of public speaking commands a solid first place. Now from Roger E. Axtell, one of America’s most accomplished public speakers, here’s a book guaranteed to turn even the most stage-shy mumbler into a great communicator. Geared primarily, but not exclusively, for business people, this amusing and informative guide can show you how to possess the powers of public persuasion you’ve always dreamed of having. Whether it’s making a pitch to the board of directors, or prepping the sales force, stating your case to the town council, or being interviewed on live TV, Do’s and Taboos of Public Speaking can help you to be an intelligent, articulate, confident, and likable presence in front of any audience you’ll ever face.

• Surefire techniques for controlling fear, preparing for and organizing a business presentation or speech, using body language and humor, getting the most out of audio and audio/visual equipment, speaking in front of the camera, and much, much more
• Helpful hints from successful business speakers and such greats as Winston Churchill, Lee Iacocca, Red Barber, Roger Ailes, and Charles Osgood
• Special chapters on humor and roasts, speaking internationally, and even how to become a professional speaker