This volume aims to represent the breadth and depth of current linguistic research of predominantly young linguists and thus to produce a snapshot of topical linguistic issues and trends. Therefore, it presents papers from systemic linguistics next to ones on text linguistics, sociolinguistics and the didactics of language. The volume is based on talks given at the 14th Norddeutsches Linguistisches Kolloquium 2013 in Halle an der Saale. The book contains 14 contributions in English, and three in German.

This volume continues the tradition in the series Hallenser Studien zur Anglistik und Amerikanistik of representing the full thematic diversity of research in English and American studies. The articles - mainly written by young researchers in their postgraduate or postdoctoral phases - span the areas of English and American literature, culture studies and linguistics as well as the teaching of English as a foreign language (Fachdidaktik). At the same time they represent various theoretical approaches adopted by young German researchers and the interplay of theoretical and applied issues.

This volume focuses on the connection between participation constellations and identity construction as a specific, yet under-researched problem of text and media linguistics. It assembles empirical analyses of a wide range of corpora, ranging from naturally occurring talk-in-interaction over TV series and social media discourse to the linguistic landscapes of Namibia. In addition to insights into dynamic participation and identity constellations in the respective corpora, the articles develop new theoretical concepts and categories. This volume is of interest to advanced students and scholars in linguistics, media studies and sociology alike.

This volume presents a range of academic approaches to genre emergence which is representative of the currently ongoing research, while retaining a common methodological core. The articles presented here use methods from text linguistics, conversation analysis, literary studies and media linguistics. Different driving forces of genre emergence are identified, e.g. function, communication form and culture. This book also aims to cover the emergence of many different genres: It includes chapters on newspaper and magazine genres, readers' comments, print advertisements, TV news shows and sitcom series, Wutreden, shitstorms, weblogs and erotic romance novels.

This volume reflects the discussion that emerged around the controversial concepts "communication form", "communicative practice", "medium" and "genre". It provides a comprehensive overview of the history and current state-of-affairs of these concepts, and combines theoretical contributions from various perspectives with thorough empirical studies of current communication forms, media, and practices. The contributions deal with fields ranging from public signage in cities, video games and self-tracking to historical accounts of changing communicative potentials and practices concerning the "National Geographic Magazine" and the personal blog. Due to its interdisciplinary character, the volume points out various new directions for future research.

Diese Arbeit wurde mit dem Bremer Forschungspreis des AKS fur wissenschaftliche Arbeiten zur Erforschung des Fremdsprachenlernens und -lehrens an Hochschulen 2019 ausgezeichnet. Seit Jahren wird auf die Bedeutung des E-Learning fur die Gestaltung moderner Lehr- und Lernprozesse hingewiesen. Allerdings fehlen noch solide wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zur Wirksamkeit digitaler Lernszenarien, besonders im Bereich des autonomen Lernens. Auf Basis empirischer Untersuchungen stellt sich der Autor das Ziel, dieses Forschungsdefizit zu reduzieren. Dabei liegt das Augenmerk neben der Herausstellung von Effizienzmerkmalen auch auf der Beobachtung und Beschreibung von Lernverhalten und Lernstrategien in digitalen Lernumgebungen. Darauf aufbauend zeigt der Autor Wege zur praktischen Herangehensweise an das E-Learning aus Sicht der Lehrenden und Lerner. Anhand von Fragestellungen zu Wechselwirkungen zwischen E-Learning, Lernerautonomie und individualisiertem Unterricht zeichnet er den Grundriss einer speziellen Didaktik des autonomen E-Learning.