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Functional plurality of language in contextualised discourse : Eighth Brno Conference on Linguistics Studies in English. Conference Proceedings. Brno, 12-13 September 2019 / edited by Irena Headlandová Kalischová, Martin Němec.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Němec, Martin, editor.
Kalischová, Irena Headlandová, editor.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Linguistics.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (173 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Other Title:
Functional Plurality of Language in Contextualised Discourse
Place of Publication:
Brno, Czech Republic : Masaryk University, 2020.
Summary:
The volume presents eleven articles written by participants of the Eighth Brno Conference on Linguistics Studies in English held in September 2019. The papers (including two plenary speeches delivered by Prof. Julia Hüttner from University of Vienna, and Assoc. Prof. Markéta Malá from Charles University, Prague) offer a range of linguistic topics, covering media discourse, learner discourse (e.g. CLIL), literary genre, language of advertising, and the interdisciplinary approach to language and international relations, to name just a few.
Contents:
Intro
CONTENT
Introduction
Attitudes toward the influx of Anglicisms in the Georgian language
Zhuzhuna Gumbaridze
Comparative analyses of skincare product advertisements in Georgian and English
Zeinab Gvarishvili
The concept of power in computer-mediated communication
Šárka Hastrdlová
Mitigated request speech acts in learner discourse
Petra Huschová
Disciplinary language at school: Sites of integration in content-and-language-integrated learning (CLIL)
Julia Hüttner Speech acts of request and apology realised by Czech students of English as a foreign language: Selected findings of a pilot study
Marie Lahodová Vališová
Women in love against the underworld: "Female savior" scenario in English, Russian and Turkish folklore narratives
Evgeniia Lapina
English and Czech children's literature: A contrastive corpus-driven phraseological approach
Markéta Malá
Does genre influence the choice of evaluative lexicogrammatical patterns in British online newspaper discourse?
Petra Peldová Modal verbs in English essays written by Czech secondary-school students
Věra Sládková
Language and international relations: Linguistic support for other academic disciplines
Piotr Twardzisz.
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ISBN:
80-210-9767-1
OCLC:
1305847440

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