Humor in Language

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Salvatore Attardo
Keyword(s):  
General Theory ◽  
Corpus Linguistics ◽  
Applied Linguistics ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Script Theory ◽  
Multimodal Data ◽  
Group Solidarity

Interest in the linguistics of humor is widespread and dates since classical times. Several theoretical models have been proposed to describe and explain the function of humor in language. The most widely adopted one, the semantic-script theory of humor, was presented by Victor Raskin, in 1985. Its expansion, to incorporate a broader gamut of information, is known as the General Theory of Verbal Humor. Other approaches are emerging, especially in cognitive and corpus linguistics. Within applied linguistics, the predominant approach is analysis of conversation and discourse, with a focus on the disparate functions of humor in conversation. Speakers may use humor pro-socially, to build in-group solidarity, or anti-socially, to exclude and denigrate the targets of the humor. Most of the research has focused on how humor is co-constructed and used among friends, and how speakers support it. Increasingly, corpus-supported research is beginning to reshape the field, introducing quantitative concerns, as well as multimodal data and analyses. Overall, the linguistics of humor is a dynamic and rapidly changing field.

CORPUS LINGUISTICS, LANGUAGE CORPORA AND LANGUAGE TEACHING

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 75
Author(s):  
Eska Perdana Prasetya ◽  
Anita Dewi Ekawati ◽  
Deni Sapta Nugraha ◽  
Ahmad Marzuq ◽  
Tiara Saputri Darlis
Keyword(s):  
Academic Writing ◽  
Corpus Linguistics ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Applied Linguistics

<span lang="EN-GB">This research is about Corpus Linguistics, Language Corpora, And Language Teaching. As we know about this science is relatively new and is associated with technology. There are several areas discussed in this study such as several important parts of the corpus, the information generated in the corpus, four main characteristics of the corpus, Types of Corpora, Corpora in Language Teaching, several types that could be related to corpus research, Applications of corpus linguistics to language teaching may be direct or indirect. The field of applied linguistics analyses large collections of written and spoken texts, which have been carefully designed to represent specific domains of language use, such as informal speech or academic writing.</span>

scholarly journals Corpus linguistics and its aplications in higher education

2010 ◽  
pp. 51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel Fuster Márquez ◽  
Begoña Clavel Arroitia
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Corpus Linguistics ◽  
Teaching Practices ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Applied Linguistics ◽  
Data Driven ◽  
Future Success ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Theoretical Linguistics ◽  
Relevant Factors

The aim of this paper is to review and analyse relevant factors related to the implementation of corpus linguistics (CL) in higher education. First we set out to describe underlying principles of CL and its developments in relation to theoretical linguistics and its applications in modern teaching practices. Then we attempt to establish how different types of corpora have contributed to the development of direct and indirect approaches in language teaching. We single out Data Driven Learning (DDL) due to its relevance in applied linguistics literature, and examine in detail advantages and drawbacks. Finally, we outline problems concerning the implementation of CL in the classroom since awareness of the limitations of CL is vital for its future success.

PRINCIPLE AND PRACTICE IN APPLIED LINGUISTICS.Guy Cook and Barbara Seidlhofer (Eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995. Pp. xi + 431. $19.95 paper.

1997 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 402-403
Author(s):  
Jo Anne Kleifgen
Keyword(s):  
Second Language Acquisition ◽  
Corpus Linguistics ◽  
Applied Linguistics ◽  
First Language ◽  
Teaching Literature ◽  
Oxford University ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Theory Research

Applied linguistics embodies a kaleidoscope of disciplines, theoretical approaches, research paradigms, and beliefs about practice. Its diversity is reflected in this festschrift honoring Henry Widdowson. The volume contains the contributions of 27 authors from five continents and, like the honoree's own body of work, represents a wide range of topics. In their introductory chapter, the editors outline the disciplines they have chosen to include: assessment, corpus linguistics, discourse analysis, language teaching, literature, second language acquisition, and the relationship among theory, research, and practice. As this list reveals, other areas of applied linguistics are notably absent: first language literacy, language planning and policy, and translation, among others. Omissions are no doubt necessary in order to compile a volume of manageable size; in spite of these omissions, readers will find the contributions absorbing and take pleasure in tracing thematic threads throughout. A sampling of major themes is outlined here.

scholarly journals A Calculation Model of the General Theory of Interaction Potentials for Stoichiometric Lanthanide Type Crystals: Applications to the Cs2KLnCl6 System

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andres Soto ◽  
Shanavas Shajahan ◽  
Roberto Acevedo
Keyword(s):  
General Theory ◽  
Chemical Elements ◽  
Current Model ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Calculation Model ◽  
Lanthanide Ions ◽  
Interaction Potentials ◽  
Model Calculations ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Semi Empirical

AbstractThis article aims to develop a generalized model calculation model to be applicable to the general theory of interaction potentials with reference to the stoichiometric elpasolite type crystals. In this study, we have chosen to report both a theoretical model and a calculation strategy to undertake semi empirical calculations of thermodynamic properties, such as reticular energies and heats of formation for the series of systems such as: Cs2KLnCl6. We have also carried out quite a number of calculations for a variety of systems such as: Cs2NaLnF6, Cs2NaLnCl6, Cs2NaLnBr6, Rb2NaLnF6and Cs2KLnF6 in the Fm3m space group since we aim to check the strengths and weaknesses of our model calculations. We have analyzed a substantial number of approximate theoretical models and have carried a formidable amount of computing simulations to estimate the reticular energies and the corresponding heat of formation for these type of crystal using a semi empirical model. We made use of the thermodynamic cycles of Born-Haber so as to get a broad view with reference to the accuracy of our semi empirical theoretical models. The problem itself is quite challenging since we have focused our attention upon trivalent lanthanide ions $$L{n}^{+3}$$Ln+3 in the first inner transition series of the chemical elements: (Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu). There are a significant amount of outstanding research works published in the literature with reference to structural analysis, one photon spectroscopy, vibrionic intensity model calculations and generalized models to deal with these kind of complex crystals. The calculated energy values associated with these observables seems to be most reasonable, and these follow the expected trends, as may be expected on both theoretical and experimental grounds. Both, the advantages and disadvantages of the current model calculations, have been tested against other previous calculations performed for this type of complex systems. It is of a paramount importance, the results obtained and reported in this article with regards to convergence tests as well as some master equations derived to account for the various contributions to the total energy. The Born-Mayer-Buckingham potential is carefully examined with reference to these lanthanide type crystals Cs2KLnCl6. Finally but not at last, the most likely sources for improvement are carefully discussed in this work. We strongly believe that there is enough room for improvement and have therefore initiated a new research program of activities tackling systems of well-known optical and structural properties.

scholarly journals EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION

2005 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. vii-xi
Author(s):  
Mary McGroarty
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Second Language Acquisition ◽  
Corpus Linguistics ◽  
Language Contact ◽  
Applied Linguistics ◽  
Language Translation ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Annual Review ◽  
Language Curriculum ◽  
Language And Education

It is a sign of overweening ambition if not hubris to think that all of applied linguistics can fit between two covers. Dynamic even when the Annual Review of Applied Linguistics (ARAL) began publication in 1981, applied linguistics has continued to change, grow, and redefine its areas of coverage, even as many other journals have emerged in the intervening 25 years. Writing in the 20th anniversary issue of ARAL, my editorial predecessors, Robert Kaplan and William Grabe, provide the historical context for the establishment of ARAL and show how it came to fit into the context of applied linguistics as the field evolved from the mid-20th century to the beginning of the 21st. They summarize the key notions that characterize applied linguistics and remark that it “commonly includes a core set of issues and practices that are readily identified as work done by many applied linguists (language teaching, language teacher preparation, and language curriculum development)” along with “several further identifiable subfields of study: bilingual studies, corpus linguistics, forensic linguistics, language contact studies, language testing, language translation and interpretation, language use in professional contexts, lexicography and dictionary making, literacy, second language acquisition, and second language writing research” (Kaplan & Grabe, 2000, p. 5). The variety and diversity of these subfields defy attempts to gather them into a single volume (although some useful recent handbooks have done so; see, for example, Davies & Elder, 2004; Kaplan, 2002); furthermore, at present, topics in applied linguistics are commonly addressed through entire handbooks for particular subfields (Bhatia & Ritchie, 2004; Doughty & Long, 2003; Spolsky, 1999) or even in multivolume sets such as the Encyclopedia of Language and Education (Corson, 1997). Hence, this year's volume should perhaps be labeled a ‘selective’ survey, or even a sampling of the field, rather than an exhaustive inventory of all possible endeavors that warrant inclusion within applied linguistics. The present volume features research on some of the perennial concerns of applied linguistics, akin to Kaplan and Grabe's ‘core issues.’

scholarly journals Was kann moderne Linguistik für die Fremdsprachendidaktik leisten? Ausgewählte Aspekte

2019 ◽  
pp. 213-226
Author(s):  
Adam Szeluga
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Cognitive Linguistics ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Applied Linguistics ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Generative Grammar ◽  
Foreign Language Teaching ◽  
Learning Techniques ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Theoretical Foundations

The article deals with the most important relations between Foreign Language Didactics and the main theoretical models in modern linguistics, especially the Applied Linguistics of second- and foreign-language teaching. Theories and models of modern linguistics have often laid the theoretical foundations of foreign language teaching, as we can observe in the individual methods and learning techniques (from structuralism to generative grammar, communicativepragmatic turn of the 60s and 70s, cognitive linguistics and to F. Grucza's anthropocentric theory of languages). In this perspective, the purpose of this article is to raise and discuss the question of how modern linguistic theories can improve the effectiveness of language teaching.

scholarly journals Some polemical issues in Applied Linguistics

2010 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-42
Author(s):  
John Robert Schmitz
Keyword(s):  
Corpus Linguistics ◽  
Applied Linguistics ◽  
Teaching Material ◽  
Educational Linguistics ◽  
Definition Of

In this paper, I look at three polemical issues in Applied Linguistics. I argue, first of all, that the desire for a stable definition of applied linguistics has by no means prevented research in the discipline. Secondly, I contend that the notion or "tradition" of "linguistics applied" (corpus linguistics or lexicography) is broader and more serious than "applicationism" (the use of linguistic formalisms, artificial practices, and terminology) in teaching material that are problematic and motivated by commercial interests. Thirdly, I argue that Educational Linguistics and Applied Linguistics have overlapping research objectives. In the course of the paper, I present some reservations about Educational Linguistics.

Application of Structural Equation Model and AMOS Software

2014 ◽  
Vol 687-691 ◽  
pp. 1577-1579 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhi Rong Wei
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Structural Equation Model ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Applied Linguistics ◽  
Group Analysis ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Software Analysis ◽  
Depth Analysis

The Amos 17 is the structural equation model (Structural Equation Modeling, SEM), which is one of the important software analysis. With the application of SEM technology in depth, analysis of multi group structural equation model (Multiple-Group Analysis) has gradually attracted researcher’s attention.. Stability of deep test theoretical model by examining the effect of its regulating variable, and the method is not only suitable for fitting degree test theoretical models in the regulation of variables of different level, but also for the fitting problem to test the tracking data and theoretical model. Through a case study of their own, using Amos 17 software as the basis introduces the basic principle of multi group structural equation model analysis technique and its use method in the study of Applied Linguistics to domestic applied linguistics intends to use the method which will provide examples of reference.

Applied Linguistics, Linguistics Research and the Empirical Model

1979 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 37-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisabeth Ingram
Keyword(s):  
Language Acquisition ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Empirical Model ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Applied Linguistics ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
And Linguistics

Applied linguistics is very much a problem-oriented discipline and therefore necessarily an integrative discipline. I know that it is difficult to define what a ‘problem’ is; there are nevertheless important differences between problem-oriented disciplines and theory-based disciplines, like psychology and linguistics, to take a couple of relevant examples. Activities, including research, carried out in the name of applied linguistics should throw light on the processes and conditions and phenomena of language acquisition, language learning or language use, with the aim of contributing to the solution of the difficulties and practical problems that arise. And the problems that people face in connection with language learning or language use are messy, that is to say, like all real life situations they are not analysable in term of only one basic discipline. The chief requirement on research within such basic disciplines is that it should throw light on theoretical models and issues, and to do that the researcher abstracts from the experential world only those special aspects which are interesting to him. People who work in applied disciplines have to deal with complex real life situations as they are, as they are seen to be by the participants in those situations, and have to draw on whatever background disciplines that are relevant and available. (That nearly always means that more than one researcher has to be involved.)

scholarly journals ADJECTIVES IN THE EXPRESSION OF EPISTEMIC MODALITY IN APPLIED LINGUISTICS RESEARCH ARTICLES

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 431-452
Author(s):  
Attapol Khamkhien
Keyword(s):  
Academic Writing ◽  
Corpus Linguistics ◽  
Applied Linguistics ◽  
Epistemic Modality ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Linguistic Features ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Methodical Approach ◽  
Novice Writers ◽  
Interpersonal Model

Research in academic writing has shown that writers have a strong tendency to communicate their ideas interactively with readers. This study examines how professional writers use adjectives as part of interactional metadiscourse when writing research articles. A total of 255 research articles published in distinguished journals in the field of applied linguistics between 2015 and 2020 were systematically compiled and quantitatively and qualitatively analysed. The extent to which epistemic adjectives and typical phraseological patterns are used in research articles was investigated with the help of corpus linguistics methods, as was their epistemic strength indicated by writers. The interpersonal model of metadiscourse was used as the theoretical framework for the study. The findings suggest that the academic writing corpus, in essence, is interactionally oriented, while the use of adjectives as an epistemic modality reflects a methodical approach by article writers when presenting propositions and discussing their knowledge claims. This study provides a deeper understanding of these linguistic features to impact the reader. Pedagogically, the study can be useful for teaching academic writing to postgraduate students and help them and novice writers develop writing competency through epistemic devices, especially in research articles intended for publication.

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