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TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new
perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes
state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across
theoretical frameworks, as well as studies that provide new
insights by approaching language from an interdisciplinary
perspective. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for
cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in
its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards
linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as
well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for
a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the
ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes
monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes,
which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from
different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality
standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing.
The book explores the role of age in communication under
consideration of various age groups, genres, cultures and
languages, and demonstrates the growing potential of age-related
research for linguistic and social analyses that is founded on a
more comprehensive and systematic basis than has been practiced so
far. The volume establishes a point of contact with the work of
Coupland, Giles and associates starting in the 1980s, and shows how
it can be extended today to go beyond the early focus on
detrimental aspects of aging. The contributors address social
communication within and across age cohorts in all major age
categories: the elderly, middle-aged, teenagers and children. The
social skewing of the research presented explains the volume's
focus on the discursive construction of social identities, with age
implicated as a viable controller of how social action is
strategically deployed for alignment and alienation, accommodation
and divergence. The authors emphasize that a discourse construction
of age and ageing is particularly important in the face of new
challenges of globalization, increased human mobility and rising
intergenerational conflicts.
Linguistics has found itself in the middle of a lively debate about
its disciplinary integrity, its future and role in modern
societies. The on-going discussions thrive on impulses coming from
within the field and from other disciplines that either inform
linguistic expertise or are themselves informed by it. They are
also encouraged by a growing language awareness of individuals and
entire social groups. This collection of papers covers a wide range
of linguistic topics, exposing and exploring the plurilingualism of
today's meta-linguistic reflection. The topics in analytical focus
include the apparent integrity and the fragmentation of
linguistics, starting with the early conceptions of autonomy and
modularity, and ending with their elaboration in terms of
interdisciplinarity, transdisciplinarity and, more recently,
postdisciplinarity of modern scholarship. The methodological
pluralism of modern linguistics is shown to depend on what were and
what are today the privileged modes of communication. The role of
folk and expert knowledge is emphasized in the construction of
metalinguistic theories and their social legitimization. Speaking
up from a variety of perspectives, the contributions in this volume
show that the ventriloquation of today's meta-linguistic writings
is best interpretable in terms of bridges and barriers in how the
metalinguistic dialogue is pursued, whether on an internal or a
cross-disciplinary basis.
Languages are inseparable from their contexts of use. They are not
only congruent with, but also involved in the configuration of the
worldviews and value systems manifested in cultures and embodied in
texts. The spread of English worldwide foregrounds the issue of
textual dynamics in intercultural settings. The
production/reception of texts in English facilitates international
contacts and exchanges, yet it also triggers hegemonic practices.
The volume aims to investigate the representations and negotiations
of sociocognitive identities in intercultural settings relevant for
'good practice'. Contributions explore 'languaging' strategies
(verbal, visual, multimodal; English monolingual, bilingual,
multilingual) through a range of methodological perspectives
wherein the respect for sociocultural differences is a constitutive
value.
The volume takes a close look at discourse perspectives on academic
genres. In the context of scientific communication and the
evolution of postmodern culture and society, academic genres have
undergone various changes. The study shows that cultural
heterogeneity of academic genres, styles and discourses now gives
way to an increasing hybridization and discusses theoretical
aspects of this process. The second part focuses on specific
dimensions of hybridization, in particular between global and local
academic genres and discourses, and between real and virtual ones.
Languages are inseparable from their contexts of use. They are not
only congruent with, but also involved in the configuration of the
worldviews and value systems manifested in cultures and embodied in
texts. The spread of English worldwide foregrounds the issue of
textual dynamics in intercultural settings. The
production/reception of texts in English facilitates international
contacts and exchanges, yet it also triggers hegemonic practices.
The volume aims to investigate the representations and negotiations
of sociocognitive identities in intercultural settings relevant for
'good practice'. Contributions explore 'languaging' strategies
(verbal, visual, multimodal; English monolingual, bilingual,
multilingual) through a range of methodological perspectives
wherein the respect for sociocultural differences is a constitutive
value.
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