Research Note: Speaker-referent gender indexicality

Luke Fleming

doi:10.1017/s0047404515000251

Research Note: Speaker-referent gender indexicality

Language in Society ◽

10.1017/s0047404515000251 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 44 (3) ◽

pp. 425-434

Author(s):

Luke Fleming

Keyword(s):

Research Note ◽

Large Sample ◽

Speaker Indexing

AbstractHaas's (1944) typology of nonreferential gender indexicality attested three basic varieties: speaker indexing, addressee indexing, and ‘mixed’ (or relational) speaker-addressee gender indexing. In an earlier publication in Language in Society this author adopted the same framework for the treatment of a large sample of cases of categorical gender indexicality. However, subsequent review of cases where gender indexicality seemingly interacts with sex-based semantic gender suggests that Haas' typology is incomplete. A relational speaker-referent indexing type is proposed. Focusing on gender indexicality in Chiquitano (Bolivia) and Yanyuwa (Australia), the author argues that these cases have been erroneously treated as systems in which speaker gender is indexed in the denotation of referent gender. It is shown that a more parsimonious analysis can account for these cases by means of a single purely pragmatic gender feature distributed over a relational speaker-referent indexical focus. (Gender, indexicality, deixis)*

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Nonprofit Role Classification Using Mission Descriptions and Supervised Machine Learning

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly ◽

10.1177/08997640211057393 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 089976402110573

Author(s):

Megan LePere-Schloop

Keyword(s):

Machine Learning ◽

Geographic Variation ◽

Mission Statements ◽

Research Note ◽

Supervised Machine Learning ◽

Future Research ◽

Large Set ◽

Large Sample ◽

Qualitative Approaches

Scholars have used both quantitative and qualitative approaches to empirically study nonprofit roles. Mission statements and program descriptions often reflect such roles, however, until recently collecting and classifying a large sample has been labor-intensive. This research note uses data on United Ways that e-filed their 990 forms and supervised machine learning to illustrate an approach for classifying a large set of mission descriptions by roles. Temporal and geographic variation in roles detected in mission statements suggests that such an approach may be fruitful in future research.

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Utilizing Parent Report to Investigate Young Children's Fears: A Modification of the Fear Survey Schedule for Children–II: A Research Note

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry ◽

10.1017/s0021963097001881 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 39 (2) ◽

pp. 271-277 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

Paula Bouldin ◽

Chris Pratt

Keyword(s):

Parent Report ◽

Research Note ◽

Fear Survey Schedule

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Experiences With and Lessons Learned From Developing, Implementing, and Evaluating a Support Program for Older Hearing Aid Users and Their Communication Partners in the Hearing Aid Dispensing Setting

American Journal of Audiology ◽

10.1044/2020_aja-19-00072 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 29 (3S) ◽

pp. 638-647 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Janine F. J. Meijerink ◽

Marieke Pronk ◽

Sophia E. Kramer

Keyword(s):

Large Scale ◽

Hearing Aid ◽

Critical Discussion ◽

Lessons Learned ◽

Research Note ◽

Support Program ◽

Large Sample Size ◽

Long Term Effects ◽

Communication Program ◽

Communication Partners

Purpose The SUpport PRogram (SUPR) study was carried out in the context of a private academic partnership and is the first study to evaluate the long-term effects of a communication program (SUPR) for older hearing aid users and their communication partners on a large scale in a hearing aid dispensing setting. The purpose of this research note is to reflect on the lessons that we learned during the different development, implementation, and evaluation phases of the SUPR project. Procedure This research note describes the procedures that were followed during the different phases of the SUPR project and provides a critical discussion to describe the strengths and weaknesses of the approach taken. Conclusion This research note might provide researchers and intervention developers with useful insights as to how aural rehabilitation interventions, such as the SUPR, can be developed by incorporating the needs of the different stakeholders, evaluated by using a robust research design (including a large sample size and a longer term follow-up assessment), and implemented widely by collaborating with a private partner (hearing aid dispensing practice chain).

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