scholarly journals Formal and Methodological Approaches to Applied Linguistics (Languages Special Issue)

Languages ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 94
Author(s):  
Sonja Mujcinovic ◽  
Eduardo Gómez Garzarán
Keyword(s):  
Applied Linguistics ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Spanish Society ◽  
Methodological Approaches

This Special Issue, entitled Formal and Methodological Approaches to Applied Linguistics, brings together recently published papers on various aspects of applied linguistics presented at the AESLA37 (Spanish Society of Applied Linguistics) conference in Valladolid held on 27–29 March 2019 [...]

scholarly journals Exploring the Interconnections between Culture and Behaviour: an Interdisciplinary Conference at the University of Warwick

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 262-272
Author(s):  
Carolin Debray ◽  
Thomas Greenaway ◽  
Kyoungmi Kim ◽  
Carolin Debray ◽  
Thomas Greenaway ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Applied Linguistics ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Data Collection Methods ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approaches ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
The University ◽  
Analytical Tools ◽  
Collection Methods

In this article we reflect on the ‘Interconnections between Culture and Behaviour: Interdisciplinary Perspectives’ conference. The event brought together renowned scholars from the fields of psychology and sociology to applied linguistics, who presented the conceptualisations made and methodological approaches taken to explore culture and behaviour in their respective disciplines. In table discussions the participants debated the commonalities and differences between their respective disciplines and reflected on their own approaches. In a final plenum discussion speakers and participants questioned the compatibility of approaches in order to explore opportunities for interdisciplinary research. No discipline denied that links between culture and behaviour exist, but that other constructs are needed to explore them further, such as norms. The contexts in which behaviours are observed were also highlighted as crucial by all speakers, although they operationalised it quite differently. All sides acknowledged the value of multi- or interdisciplinary approaches when researching the links between culture and behaviour. However, philosophical differences affecting practical issues, such as data collection methods and analytical tools, were also identified as impacting compatibility. Following the discussions at the event, speakers and organisers decided to further explore these ideas in a special issue, which is currently in preparation.

Translation, interpreting and the genealogy of conflict

2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis Pérez-González
Keyword(s):  
Special Issue ◽  
Social Phenomena ◽  
The Public ◽  
Institutional Settings ◽  
Public Consciousness ◽  
The Media ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Stability ◽  
The Impact

While the growing ubiquitousness of translation and interpreting has established these activities more firmly in the public consciousness, the extent of the translators’ and interpreters’ contribution to the continued functioning of cosmopolitan and participatory postmodern societies remains largely misunderstood. This paper argues that the theorisation of translation and interpretation as social phenomena and of translators/interpreters as agents contributing to the stability or subversion of social structures through their capacity to re-define the context in which they mediate constitutes a recent development in the evolution of the discipline. The consequentiality of the mediators’ agency, one of the most significant insights to come out of this new body of research, is particularly evident in situations of social, political and cultural confrontation. It is contended that this conceptualisation of agency opens up the possibility of translation being used not only to resolve conflict and tension, but also to promote them. Through a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches, the contributing authors to this special issue explore a number of sites of linguistic and cultural mediation across a range of institutional settings and textual/interactional genres, with particular emphasis on the contribution of translation and interpreting to the genealogy of conflict. The papers presented here address a number of overlapping themes, including the dialectics of governmental policy-making and translation, the interface between translation, politics and the media, the impact of the narrative affiliation of translators and interpreters as agents of mediation, the frictional dynamics of interpreter-mediated institutional encounters and the dynamics of identity negotiation.

scholarly journals What Is Electoral Psychology?—Scope, Concepts, and Methodological Challenges for Studying Conscious and Subconscious Patterns of Electoral Behavior, Experience, and Ergonomics

Societies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
Sarah Harrison
Keyword(s):  
Electoral Behavior ◽  
Aggregate Level ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Methodological Challenges ◽  
Introductory Article ◽  
Electoral Studies ◽  
Psychological Models ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
Electoral Psychology ◽  
The Individual

Electoral psychology is defined as any model based on human psychology that is used to explain any electoral experience or outcome at the individual or aggregate level. Electoral psychology can also be an interface with other crucial aspects of the vote. For example, the interface between electoral psychology and electoral organization constitutes electoral ergonomics. The very nature of the models tested in electoral psychology has also led scholars in the field to complement mainstream social science methodologies with their own specific methodological approaches in order to capture the subconscious component of the vote and the subtle nature of the psychological processes determining the electoral experience and the way in which it permeates citizens’ thoughts and lives. After defining electoral psychology, this introductory article scopes its analytical roots and contemporary relevance, focuses on the importance of switching from “institution-centric” to “people-centric” conceptions of electoral behavior, and notably how it redefines key concepts such as electoral identity and consistency, and approaches questions of personality, morality, memory, identity, and emotions in electoral psychological models. Then, it discusses some of the unique methodological challenges that the field faces, notably when it comes to analyzing largely subconscious phenomena, and addresses them, before explaining how the various contributions to this Special Issue give a flavor of the scope and approaches of electoral psychology contributions to electoral studies.

scholarly journals Hybridity and the news: Blending genres and interaction patterns in new forms of journalism

Journalism ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jelle Mast ◽  
Roel Coesemans ◽  
Martina Temmerman
Keyword(s):  
Interaction Patterns ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Individual Contributions ◽  
Multiple Issues ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
Careful Assessment

This paper introduces the Special Issue’s central theme of ‘hybridity and the news’, defining the scope and setting the scene for the multiple issues and debates covered by the individual contributions in this collection. Opposing both relativist positions that discard hybridity as an analytically useless concept, and preconceived notions that construe hybridity as intrinsically negative or positive, it is argued to move beyond binary thinking and to approach hybridity as a particularly rich site for the analysis of forms and processes of experimentation, innovation, deviation and transition in contemporary journalism. In order to profoundly understand these developments, which come in many forms, manifest themselves on different levels, and serve multiple purposes, a comprehensive, multi- and interdisciplinary perspective is needed. The Special Issue aims to contribute to this research agenda by looking closely into blending categories and interaction patterns in journalistic forms, genres, and practices, encompassing theoretical frameworks and methodological approaches from various disciplinary backgrounds including political and communication sciences, sociology, linguistics, cultural studies, and history. While taking different angles on the subject and being variously located on the macro and micro levels of analysis, the articles assembled here all engage in a careful assessment of ‘hybridity and the news’ through profound conceptualizations and empirical analyses, connecting with and shedding new light on long-standing debates about the nature and meaning of journalism.

Social Emotions: A Multidisciplinary Approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-201
Author(s):  
Jordan McKenzie ◽  
Rebecca Olson ◽  
Roger Patulny ◽  
Michelle Peterie
Keyword(s):  
Multidisciplinary Approach ◽  
Sociological Perspective ◽  
Social Dimensions ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Social Emotions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Methodological Approaches

Abstract Current research on emotions represents a broad church of methodological approaches. The essays in this special issue will investigate how social emotions inform research across numerous disciplinary fields and methodological approaches. This introduction will set out the social dimensions of emotions like shame, anger, anxiety, empathy and pity from a specifically sociological perspective. In sum, this will work to counter tendencies that individualise emotions as purely subjective or cognitive phenomena, and to demonstrate how the significance of social emotions is not restricted to any singular discipline.

scholarly journals Introduction to the Special Issue: The Psychology of Teaching and Learning Content and Language

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Kyle Talbot ◽  
Marie-Theres Gruber ◽  
Rieko Nishida
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Psychological Factors ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Applied Linguistics ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Learning Content ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Psychological Experiences

We are pleased to present the first special issue for the Journal for the Psychology of Language Learning (JPLL). The existence of this journal suggests an increased recognition of the importance of psychological factors in language teaching and learning. Indeed, the once emerging field of the psychology of language learning and teaching (PLLT) seems to have cemented itself as a permanent subdiscipline within applied linguistics. With this special issue we want to take the opportunity to draw attention to the psychological experiences of stakeholders in integrated content and language (ICL) settings. These settings present unique challenges and opportunities for teachers and learners and remain relatively underexplored (cf. De Smet et al., 2018; Doiz & Lasagabaster, 2018; Gierlinger, 2007; Gruber et al., 2020; Moate, 2011; Pappa et al., 2017). As such, our principle aim with this special issue is to draw increased attention to this domain of research in the hopes of uncovering ways to better support teachers and learners in these specific settings.

Engaging with popular media through tourism: A brief introduction

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 257-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
Madelene McWha ◽  
Sue Beeton
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Qualitative Research ◽  
The United States ◽  
Popular Media ◽  
Destination Choice ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Research Papers ◽  
Travel And Tourism ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
Music Film

Featuring research cases in Australia, China, Japan, Switzerland and the United States, from cosmopolitan New York to the American wilderness, this Special Issue reviews the ways in which popular media can be engaged through tourism across the globe. In this introduction, we set the scene for the six papers that follow, which collectively demonstrate the diversity of touristic, cultural and societal engagement with different forms of popular media through travel and tourism. The qualitative research papers present rich theoretical analysis and diverse and deliberate methodological approaches to critically examine a range of theoretical themes and constructs, including more amorphous concepts such as mediatised mobility, nationalism, gendered narratives and inter- and intra-personal authenticity, to more practical demonstrations of destination choice, contents tourism, placemaking and fandom. Each paper features a different popular media, including music, film, television series, animation, advertising and social media, and contributing authors critique the manifold uses of these mediums in tourism as well as their theoretical, managerial and operational implications. Also presented in this introduction is a brief explanation of the mentoring process in which some of the contributors participated to develop their scholarly practice and reflections with the support of a ‘critical reader’.

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