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"This study does nothing less than redraw the map of clefts. It provides a thought-provoking and stunningly comprehensive new take on a familiar construction, extending its scope in terms of the structures included and by according special attention to its semantics and prosody." -Gunther Kaltenböck, Professor at University of Graz, Austria This book proposes a radically new account of clefts in English. Since the 1960s, functional as well as formal linguists have generally restricted clefts to constructions with an identifying matrix (it-clefts) and have claimed that they only code information structure. Clefts are assumed to unpack a simple proposition into a focus – presupposition structure. In this book, the authors reject these theoretical-descriptive assumptions, arguing instead that clefts form a field comprising it-clefts, there-clefts and have-clefts. They show that, like any other construction, clefts compositionally code propositional semantics, onto which a great variety of prosodically coded focus patterns may be mapped. The authors fundamentally challenge the existing approach by entering the debate with an in-depth account of the neglected specificational and presentational there-clefts, offering the first systematic data-based study of their grammatical and prosodic features. While the study is restricted to English, its findings have significant cross-linguistic relevance. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of Functional, Cognitive and Formal Linguistics, Corpus Linguistics, and usage-based study of grammar and prosody. Kristin Davidse is a Professor in the Linguistics Department at KU Leuven, Belgium. Ngum Njende is a PhD candidate in the Linguistics Department at KU Leuven, Belgium. Gerard O’Grady is a Professor in the School of English, Communication and Philosophy at Cardiff University, UK. .

Linguistics. --- Psycholinguistics. --- Linguistics --- Theoretical Linguistics / Grammar. --- Psycholinguistics and Cognitive Lingusitics. --- Research Methods in Language and Linguistics. --- Methodology. --- Language, Psychology of --- Language and languages --- Psychology of language --- Speech --- Psychology --- Thought and thinking --- Linguistic science --- Science of language --- Psychological aspects

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This introductory book enables researchers and students of all backgrounds to compute interrater agreements for nominal data. It presents an overview of available indices, requirements, and steps to be taken in a research project with regard to reliability, preceded by agreement. The book explains the importance of computing the interrater agreement and how to calculate the corresponding indices. Furthermore, it discusses current views on chance expected agreement and problems related to different research situations, so as to help the reader consider what must be taken into account in order to achieve a proper use of the indices. The book offers a practical guide for researchers, Ph.D. and master students, including those without any previous training in statistics (such as in sociology, psychology or medicine), as well as policymakers who have to make decisions based on research outcomes in which these types of indices are used.

Education --- Educational research --- Research. --- Statistics. --- Sociology-Research. --- Linguistics—Methodology. --- Statistics for Social Sciences, Humanities, Law. --- Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences. --- Research Methodology. --- Research Methods in Language and Linguistics. --- Statistics for Business, Management, Economics, Finance, Insurance. --- Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences. --- Statistical analysis --- Statistical data --- Statistical methods --- Statistical science --- Mathematics --- Econometrics --- Statistics . --- Sociology—Research.

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This edited book brings together a collection of research-based chapters that address a variety of topics related to the teaching of English in different contexts around the world. The chapters are informed by a critical approach to research, employing a variety of research methods to question and problematize taken-for-granted definitions and practices in areas such as classroom pedagogy, testing, curriculum, language policy, the position of English as a medium of instruction, educational management, teacher education, materials and evaluation. This book addresses a major gap in theoretical and research literature in the area of teaching English, and it will be of interest to trainee and practising teachers, research students and scholars of EFL and TESOL, and researchers in applied linguistics. Salah Troudi is Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Exeter, UK. He directs the doctorate programme in TESOL in Dubai, and is the International Development Coordinator. His teaching and research interests include language teacher education, critical issues in language education, language policy, curriculum development and evaluation, and classroom-based research.

Language and education. --- Teaching. --- Linguistics—Methodology. --- Applied linguistics. --- Language Education. --- Teaching and Teacher Education. --- Research Methods in Language and Linguistics. --- Applied Linguistics. --- Linguistics --- Didactics --- Instruction --- Pedagogy --- School teaching --- Schoolteaching --- Education --- Instructional systems --- Pedagogical content knowledge --- Training --- Educational linguistics --- Language and languages --- English language --- Study and teaching --- Foreigh speakers. --- Germanic languages

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This textbook provides a hands-on introduction for students embarking on their first qualitative research projects in language teaching and learning environments. The author addresses theoretical, methodological, and procedural aspects of conducting qualitative studies on issues of language teaching and learning, and includes examples which take a closer look at real-world scenarios and obstacles that might occur in language education research. Written in learner-friendly language, this textbook provides a rare how-to text for beginner qualitative researchers, and will be a valuable resource for upper undergraduate and postgraduate students on courses in applied linguistics, second/foreign language teaching, TESOL, literacy studies and related fields. Seyyed-Abdolhamid Mirhosseini is an Associate Professor at Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran. His research areas include the sociopolitics of language education, qualitative research methodology, and critical studies of discourse in society.

Linguistics—Methodology. --- Applied linguistics. --- Language and languages—Study and teaching. --- Education—Research. --- Research Methods in Language and Linguistics. --- Applied Linguistics. --- Language Education. --- Research Methods in Education. --- Linguistics --- Language and languages --- Qualitative research. --- Study and teaching --- Research --- Methodology. --- Foreign languages --- Languages --- Anthropology --- Communication --- Ethnology --- Information theory --- Meaning (Psychology) --- Philology --- Qualitative analysis (Research) --- Qualitative methods (Research)

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This open access book deals with the role of written texts in an increasingly diverse and dynamic society, bringing together a series of studies anchored in the Scandinavian research tradition of sakprosa, which roughly translates as ‘subject-oriented prose’ or ‘professional communication’. The authors examine the written text’s capacity to transcend contextual boundaries, as a crucial factor in the importance of capturing and maintaining content as a manageable entity. The chapters each deal with a text type that manages complex content in a specialized way, including genre shifting in CSR reports, discourse networks in modern digital culture, digital and social media crisis communication, and epistemic positions in non-fiction. This book is relevant to fields such as text research, professional/digital communication, discourse analysis and literacy studies, and may also be of interest to disciplines such as history, rhetoric, organization studies, media studies/journalism, and linguistics. Catharina Nyström Höög is Professor of Swedish at the Department for Swedish Language and Multilingualism, Stockholm University, Sweden. Her research interests include plain language, genre and discourse analysis, organizational discourse, stylistics and text linguistics. Henrik Rahm is Associate Professor in Scandinavian Languages at the Centre for Languages and Literature, Lund University, Sweden. Examples of previous research are diachronic journalistic discourse, legitimation strategies of registered nurses and clear language. His latest research includes language use in working life, discourses of state-owned enterprises, language of accounting and ritualization of corporate annual meetings. Gøril Thomassen Hammerstad is Professor in Applied Linguistics and Head of the Centre for Academic and Professional Communication at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway. Her research interests include language and communication across a variety of professional practices. .

Knowledge, Sociology of. --- Film genres. --- Linguistics—Methodology. --- Sociology of Knowledge and Discourse. --- Genre Studies. --- Research Methods in Language and Linguistics. --- Genre films --- Genres, Film --- Motion picture genres --- Motion pictures --- Knowledge, Theory of (Sociology) --- Sociology of knowledge --- Communication --- Knowledge, Theory of --- Public opinion --- Sociology --- Social epistemology --- Plots, themes, etc.