Communicative Theory Research Articles

Negotiating Organizational Identity: The Communicative Resilience of Small-Town Gay Bars

Gay bars historically functioned as the only space where LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans*, queer) people could escape intolerance and persecution. From drag shows to dancing to counterculture, gay bars are symbols of expression and hope for those misunderstood. In many ways, they are LGBTQ+ institutions that have withstood time. However, the rapid closing of gay bars coupled with Big D discourses of “post-gay,” “mainstream,” and “death of the gay bar” have threatened their existence. Much of these gay culture discourses stem from research on metropolitan cities (New York and San Francisco) with larger gay populations. Yet very few have examined how this experience affects gay bars in smaller cities with fewer LGBTQ+ spaces. Drawing on the communicative theory of resilience, I examined two gay bars in a small Midwestern city to understand how they (a) construct and negotiate their identity, and (b) manage organizational resilience in discursive and material ways. Findings and implications are discussed.

ANTHROPOMORPHIC METAPHORICAL MODEL “PERSON” AND ITS MANIFESTATIONS IN DENTAL AND CRANIO — MAXILLOFACIAL TERMINOLOGY

Objectives: to make a brief overview of the theories of metaphor and modern terminologytheories (Communicative theory of terminology, Socio-cognitive theory of terminology, Framebased theory of terminology); to identify metaphorization as a highly productive lexico-semanticway of forming terminology in dental and cranio-maxillofacial scientific discourse; to demonstrateEnglish/Bulgarian terminology development based on anthropomorphic metaphorical model“Person” and its sub-models: “Conditions”, “Body parts”, “Physical abilities”, “Society”, “Qualities”.Materials and research methods. Sixty (60) monosyllabic and compound metaphorical terms inEnglish and Bulgarian academic languages have been selected and discussed applying the methodsof definition analysis, conceptual integration, cognitive analysis, component analysis, metaphoricalmodelling. Discussion and results of the study. Theories of metaphor and terminology are consideredin the context of their contribution to the development of specialized medical language. By means ofmetaphorization (analogy, similarity, likeness, comparison) new terminological structures are formedin dental and cranio-maxillofacial terminology systems. The emphasis is on anthropomorphicmetaphorical model “Person” denoting various anatomical structures, diseases, syndromes,symptoms, surgical techniques. Conclusions. The following conclusions have been made: 1. Humansphere in its numerous manifestations — physical, moral and intellectual qualities, social activity,illness, death — is an “eternal theme” in the context of language historical development. 2. Due to itshigh terminological productivity the anthropomorphic metaphorical model “Person” expands andenriches the terminological resource of dental medicine and cranio-maxillofacial surgery; increasesmedical terminological competence and facilitates communication at a specialized level. 3. Term formation is a living contemporary trend subject to management by specialists and terminologywith regard to any further standardization of the international dental and cranio-maxillofacialterminology.

La terminologie juridique.

There are many ways to approach and analyze juridical terminology. Every approach is useful, even though for a great number of linguists juridical vocabulary is not really considered as a terminology. The first part of this paper is devoted to the presentation of the state of art in the field under scrutiny, including traditional approaches (savant language, technical language, pure language, ‘general’ theory of terminology) and more recent approaches (socioterminology, text mining terminology, communicative theory of terminology, frame terminology, sociocognitive approach, pragmaterminological approach). The second part explains how the philosophy of language can shed some light on juridical terminology. For this branch of human sciences, legal words and groups of words are lexical units used in legal discourses. Thus, relevant analysis perspectives include enunciation, reference, extension, predication and speech acts.

IMPLICATIONS OF TEACHER PLANNING ON THE COMPETENCY OF UPPER PRIMARY SCHOOL LEARNERS IN COMPOSITION WRITING IN BOMET COUNTY IN KENYA

In Kenya, English language is a compulsory subject from primary school level of education. It is also a medium of instruction from upper primary school and beyond and an official language in the country. However, despite the position that English language (EL) holds, reports from the Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) from the year 2014 to 2018 indicate that the performance in composition writing in Kenya's Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE), has been deteriorating. Teacher planning for instruction contributes to learner competency in language learning. This paper is a report of a study that examined the implications of teacher planning for instruction on competencies of upper primary school learners in composition writing in English language. The study was conducted in Bomet County, Kenya, in the year 2019 and was guided by Communicative Language Theory (CLT) advanced by Hymes and Wilkins. A mixed-methods approach was utilised and adopted a sequential mixed-method design. The respondents of the study consisted of teachers of English in upper primary classes in public schools. Data were collected using questionnaires, document analyses, and teachers' interviews. The findings revealed that teacher planning for instruction had great influence and statistical significance in contributing to learner competencies in composition writing (B= -.585, p˂ 0.05). Teachers prepared schemes of work frequently but did not frequently prepare lesson plans, and hardly prepared lesson notes. The study recommends that teachers of English should immediately allocate lessons to teach composition writing every week. They should also be consistent in the preparation and the effective use of professional documents for instruction. This study makes a significant contribution to the teaching of composition writing for learner competency in upper primary school nationally and globally. Article visualizations:

AÇÃO COMUNICATIVA E STRATEGIZING: POSSÍVEIS CONTRIBUIÇÕES PARA A CONSTRUÇÃO DE PROJETOS PEDAGÓGICOS EM ADMINISTRAÇÃO

The pedagogical projects organize and define policies related to teaching at all educational levels. In Higher Education, more specifically in Management graduation courses, the context is not different, in which the teachers aim to discuss and shape curricular structures aiming the academic guidance. This essay aims to identify possible contributions that the Communicative Action Theory and the Strategy as Practice can offer to the analysis of the construction of pedagogical projects of the Administration courses, using as scenario the implementation of the “Futurando Project”, part of the pedagogical project of the course of Administration of a private educational institution. The reach of communicative reason by understanding and consensus, presupposed by Jurgen Habermas, can give space to the manifestation of behavioral and cognitive elements of practitioners, as the Strategy as Practice defends. The connection between these theories makes it possible to understand the constructive process of the pedagogical projects in Management.

Agonistic planning theory revisited: The planner’s role in dealing with conflict

Approaches from agonistic planning theory view conflict as immanent to pluralistic democracies and criticize communicative planning theories for disregarding such conflict and relying too much on consensus and cooperation. This criticism has led to a partial division between agonistic and communicative planning theories. The article presents the basic principles of agonistic planning theory and develops a criticism of its biasedly positive view of conflict as a productive force, as well as the significant gap between its theory and practice. In order to expand the scope of planning and to bridge this gap between theory and practice, the article distinguishes between three ideal types of dealing with conflict: (a) avoidance of conflict that is understood as disruptive, (b) conflict as an occasion for participation and consensus building, and (c) acceptance of conflict. These passive, reactive, and proactive manners of dealing with conflict are assigned to the comprehensive-rationalistic, communicative, and agonistic planning theories. Because these ideal types occur in practice in various mixed forms, the theoretical framework may help to understand and analyze the politics of planning. Finally, the article presents some planning challenges and dilemmas with regard to the ongoing transition towards pluralist democracies.

From rehabilitation to penal communication: The role of furlough and visitation within a retributivist framework

Retributivism is one of the most prevalent theories in contemporary penal theory. However, despite its popularity it is frequently argued that too little attention has been paid to the implications of retributivism for prison management and prison life, including prison visits and furlough. More so, it has been questioned both whether the various forms of retributivism found in the philosophical literature on criminal punishment have anything to say about what prison life ought to be like and whether they are able to criticize deeply contested rules and practices, such as those that deny inmates contact with family-members for the sake of prison discipline. In this paper, we argue that prison visits and furlough have a crucial role in a prison system based on retributivist principles. In particular, we argue that the communicative theory of punishment has important theoretical resources for proving a strong and compelling rationale for both furlough and visitation on retributivist grounds. Besides exploring this rationale, we also discuss the practical implications of this view for the penal policy.

Religious Pluralism Discourse in Public Sphere of Indonesia: A Critical Application of Communicative Action Theory to Inter-religious Dialogue

This paper examines religious pluralism discourse in post-Reformasi Indonesia. Though there is general consensus about the importance of maintaining inter-religious harmony, there are still various perspectives and arguments on the idealization of dealing with religious diversity in society. The differences are found not only between the advocates and opponents of religious pluralism but also among proponent groups of religious pluralism. This paper looks at how religious organizations for inter-religious harmony struggle for legitimating their religious pluralism ideals in society. In this context, this paper, by using Habermas’ theory of communicative action, focuses on the characteristics of their efforts to communicate with others in the public sphere. It examines inter-faith dialogue done by NGOs’ activities and arguments, focusing on their validity claims for justifying religious pluralism. This paper argues that some conceptions and presuppositions of this theory need to be critically assessed and modified in analyzing these NGOs’ discourse so that it can be appropriately applied to the Indonesian context in which religion has substantial power to influence people’s thoughts and behaviors. Particularly it will point out 1) the problem of universalized rationality, 2) power relation and strategic action, and 3) the role of religious reason in public discourse.
 [Artikel ini mengkaji diskursus pluralisme agama di era pasca-Reformasi Indonesia. Meski ada kesepakatan akan pentingnya membangun harmoni lintas agama, tapi pada tataran praktiknya masih ada pelbagai perspektif dan argumentasi dalam menyikapi keanekaragaman agama dalam masyarakat. Perbedaan ini tidak hanya ditemukan di kalangan mereka yang kontra, tapi juga di kalangan mereka yang pro pluralisme agama. Artikel ini bermaksud meneliti bagaimana organisasi agama yang memperjuangkan harmoni lintas agama berjuang memancang ide-ide ideal mereka terkait pluralisme agama di masyarakat. Dalam konteks ini, penelitian ini mengacu pada teori communicative action-nya Habermas dan fokus memantau karakteristik organisasi-organisasi tersebut dalam berinteraksi satu sama lain di ruang publik. Artikel ini bermaksud menguji sejauh mana dialog antar-agama dilakukan oleh organisasi-organisasi ini, terutama validitas klaim mereka dalam menjustifikasi pluralisme agama. Artikel ini berargumen bahwa konsepsi dan asumsi dari teori-teori tersebut perlu ditinjau ulang secara kritis untuk bisa diterapkan dalam konteks Indonesia, di mana agama masih memiliki kekuatan potensial untuk mempengaruhi pemikiran dan perilaku masyarakat. Secara khusus artikel ini akan membahas 1) problem rasionalitas universal, 2) relasi kuasa dan aksi strategis, serta 3) peran logika agama di ruang (diskursus) publik.

Strategies for the advancement of intersectoral networks and equity in vulnerable territories through community-based participatory research in Brazil

ABSTRACT This study aims to identify strategies for the advancement of intersectoral networks and equity in the context of vulnerable territories in Brazil; this is a qualitative study based on community-based participatory research (CBPR). The population of the study was composed of managers, health care and social assistance professionals, members of social movements and non-governmental organisations (NGOs); a total of 86 participants were recruited for the study. Data were collected through interviews, focus groups and a participatory forum. Data analysis was applied according to the methodological background of the dialectic hermeneutics of Jürgen Habermas, which considered communicative action theory and CBPR. The intersectoral strategies were occurring without the integration of sectors, people, and action. There is a lack of an institutional approach by the municipal government in establishing priorities, as well as shared and integrated agendas; there is a lack of human resources qualification and communities for the development of the actions to address the social determinants of health. According to the participants, the current strategies to tackle social inequities are not systematic, are insufficient, lack appropriate resources and have a limited impact on the communities. Furthermore, the civil society representatives reported that they were not included as a stakeholder or even regarded as a social mechanism to support vulnerable groups, to achieve a solution, to lead on or manage their context of poverty and inequity.

Weathering the Financial Storm: A Professional Forecaster Team’s Domain Diffusion of Resilience

ABSTRACT This project explores how team resilience enacted in the work domain shapes and is shaped by resilience practices in the non-work domain – a process we label, domain diffusion of resilience. Weather forecasters’ team, organizational, and professional work give rise to a resilient mentality, which then tends to manifest in their own non-work contexts. Qualitative data collected from a National Weather Service (NWS) forecaster team revealed that a strain created by a U.S. Government shutdown, which resulted in a five-week stoppage in compensation, was absorbed with minor disruption to both team (work) and family (non-work) functioning. This study draws upon high-reliability team (HRT) and organization (HRO) theory as well as the communicative theory of resilience (CTR) to describe the diffusion of resilience across domains. Implications for cross-boundary theorizing of resilience conclude the article.

Eficiência comunicativa: desafios e tendências

Neste texto, resenha-se a conferência da pesquisadora Dr.ª Natalia Levshina intitulada Eficiência comunicativa, teoria da informação e os limites da mente humana proferida no evento Abralin ao vivo – Linguists online, no dia 06 de julho de 2020. A conferencista, por meio de sua fala, busca problematizar a questão da eficiência comunicativa e sua relação com a teoria da informação e a pragmática, utilizando exemplos linguísticos tanto da fala humana quanto de línguas artificiais. Ao final de sua arguição, a pesquisadora discorre sobre desafios e aponta possíveis soluções para o desenvolvimento da teoria da eficiência comunicativa utilizando para tanto experimentos com a aprendizagem de línguas artificiais.

Establishing a “Standard Model” for CALL Instructional Design

This article proposes a Standard Model of CALL, i.e., a compilation of fundamental theories and practices that should always be considered when creating an instructional design for the Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL). This proposed model is inspired by the standard model of physics which is the widely accepted understanding about how the fundamental particles and forces of the universe operate. The authors propose that the following concepts be considered the foundational components of the Standard Model of CALL which should shape the CALL context: (1) Reverse engineering of instructional requirements from outcome goals; (2) Instructional design based on affordances; (3) Constructivism embodied in student-centered active learning; (4) Communicative Language theory (CLT); (5) Authentic learning materials and experiences, (6) Incremental learning; (7) Task-Based Instructional Design; (8) Gamification; and (9) Long term use via curriculum integration. They collectively form a foundation and framework for common contextual elements that all CALL instructional design should consider.

Paradigma dan Teori Ilmu Dakwah: Perspektif Sosiologis

As science, the science of da'wah has a paradigm and theory that enables the da'wah science to develop. There are five da'wah paradigms that can be further studied are paradigm factors, paradigm systems, interpretive paradigms, paradigm developmentalism and participatory paradigms. From this paradigm the theory can then be developed based on the theories of sociology. Among these theories, for example are the theories of da'wah phenomenology, da'wah social construction theory, da'wah dramaturgy theory, da'wah hermeneutics theory, da'wah communicative action theory, da'wah ethnometodology theory and so on. Through a sociological approach to the facts or reality of the da'wah, the science of da'wah will be able to develop more quickly. In the future, it should be considered about further development of the sociology of da'wah, psychology of da'wah, anthropology of da'wah, communication of da’wah etc., by utilizing the pattern of developing science based on the integration of science, namely the phenomenon of da'wah as an object of study and utilizing other sciences as an approach.

의사소통행위 이론에 기반한 민주시민역량 개념 연구

이 논문은 민주시민역량 개념을 학생들의 사회참여 활동과 관련지어 제시하고자 한다. 기존 연구성과들이 민주시민역량 개념을 포괄적이고 일반적인 관점에서 제시한 것과 달리, 이 논문은 사회참여에 초점을 맞추어 이론적 차원에서 제시한다. 이론적 작업을 위해 하버마스가 의사소통행위론에서 의사소통의 타당성 요건으로 제시한 진실성, 진리성, 정당성, 이해가능성을 출발점으로 삼는다. 민주시민교육의 목표로 의사소통행위 역량의 함양을 제시하고, 하위 핵심역량으로 자아성찰역량, 정보활용역량, 가치판단역량, 상호작용역량을 제시하였다. 위의 핵심역량들을 활용하여 선행 연구들이 제안한 다양한 역량 개념들을 재구성함으로써, 구체적인 상황에 필요한 다양한 역량들을 4개의 역량 개념으로 구성할 수 있음을 보여준다. 그리고 이러한 접근이 현실 교육에서 무리 없이 적용될 수 있음을 최근의 토론수업 사례를 제시하여 보여준다.

On the Translation of Publicity Texts Under Semantic Translation and Communicative Translation Theory

The publicity texts involve various aspects in external publicity and plays an increasingly important role. This paper takes Xi Jinping’s report at the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China as an example to discuss the practical application of Newmark’s semantic translation and communicative translation theory in the translation of publicity texts. It is summarized that how semantic translation and communicative translation are used in the English translation of publicity texts in this paper so as to provide some practicable suggestions for the English translation of publicity texts.

A terminologia do domínio do ciclismo no Brasil: casos de variação entre os termos que denominam as partes principais da bicicleta de estrada

O objetivo principal deste trabalho consiste em analisar a terminologia do domínio do ciclismo de estrada veiculada por manuais desse tipo de veículo difundidos no Brasil, refletindo, especificamente, sobre as variantes dos termos denominativos das partes principais da bicicleta de estrada encontradas nesse tipo de documento. Para tanto, adotamos os princípios teóricos e metodológicos da Teoria Comunicativa da Terminologia (CABRÉ, 1999) e também nos baseamos nos critérios propostos por Faulstich (1997, 2001) para estabelecer as variantes terminológicas. Dentre os principais resultados obtidos, destacamos a presença de 7 casos de variantes lexicais e 22 de variantes geográficas. Com base nesses dados, verificamos que muitos manuais divulgados no Brasil por empresas europeias foram traduzidos para o português de Portugal, o que nos levou a encontrar um grande número de variantes geográficas em nossas análises, uma vez que partimos do português do Brasil. Com este estudo, esperamos, então, que possamos contribuir com uma melhor comunicação nessa área, sobretudo, no contexto brasileiro.

Ruang publik dan media sosial: partisipasi politik mahasiswa indonesia

The public sphere has not been effective and is considered lacking a significant benefit to the development of democracy in Indonesia. The assumption of Habermas (1987) in the theory of communicative action is to consider public sphere that have political influence. Social media as a public sphere through communicative action theory Habermas believes that students are free to communicate with each other. Therefore, there is a need for studies to study which social media is needed to increase student political participation. By using a mixed method, namely discussing quantitative and qualitative to find out the use of social media as a public space through more contemporary political communication. The results show that social media has proven to be effective as a public sphere for students and has become the most important part for the interaction, discussion and political aspirations of students in a country that supports democracy. This can be clearly seen that social media has contributed massively and significantly to the development of universal public sphere, accessible to students without sphere and time limits. The reason is that students can hardly access information and challenge their political aspirations. The more open public sphere for students through social media can increase student political participation through dialogic dialogue and this is a good step for the realization of deliberative democracy in Indonesia. Keywords: Social Media; Public Sphere; Communicative Action

Enem em Libras como Corpus Linguístico: Metodologia para Produção de Glossários em Libras

A implementação das políticas linguísticas e de acessibilidade tem contribuído para a ampliação dos espaços de atuação da comunidade surda. Exemplo disso é o Exame Nacional do Ensino Médio (Enem), que desde 2017 tornou-se acessível para estudantes surdos apresentando a prova traduzida para a Língua Brasileira de Sinais (Libras). Dessa forma, a videoprova pode ser considerada como um documento de registro da língua em questão para as diversas áreas do conhecimento a qual o exame se destina. Assim, este artigo propõe a prova do Enem em Libras como corpora linguísticos para estudos léxico-terminográficos, bem como delimita os passos metodológicos para a construção de um Glossário em Libras digital, tendo como exemplo a área de ciências biológicas. O presente trabalho fundamenta-se na teoria comunicativa da terminologia proposta por Cabré (1999) focada nos princípios da poliedricidade do termo, do caráter comunicativo da terminologia e na variação. Esta proposta é importante por viabilizar que o pesquisador compile seu próprio banco de dados e material de pesquisa, além disso, contribui para o aprimoramento do fazer terminográfico e para a ampliação dos registros de terminologias nas diversas áreas do conhecimento.

PENDIDIKAN DALAM PERSPEKTIF KRITIS-EMANSIPATORIS (Telaah terhadap Kurikulum dan Metode Pembelajaran)

The modern era is a time of development of the positivism philosophy. Modern world life is based on the paradigm of positivism thinking. The paradigm of positivism thinking believes that all science is mathematical which is characterized by objective, measurable, scientific, rational and universal thinking patterns. These four ways of thinking have brought modern civilization to the triumph of science. On the other side, a civilization based on the modern paradigm experiences various kinds of humanitarian problems. The paradigm of modern thinking is not suitable when it is associated with social problems including the education. Jurgen habermas, a Frankfurt school figure, offers solutions to overcome social problems that cannot be overcome by modern paradigms. Habermas developed a critical theory that had been put forward by the previous generation of Frankfrut figures. The theory he offered was a critical theory of emancipation and a theory of communicative action. Emancipatory critical theory and communicative action theory are able to answer problems in the world of education that cannot be answered by the positivistic thinking paradigm.

Diffusion and impact of Marshall McLuhan's published work in the Web of Science

This study gauges the scientific impact of Marshall McLuhan’s works on academic research. To this end, an analysis was undertaken to study published research that cited his works in the Web of Science (WoS) from 1957 to 2017. A total of 6,591 documents were found that record 8,989 citations from a range of McLuhan’s, mainly scientific documents (journal articles and monographs). The temporary distribution of the documents, the citations received by the different types of documents, the subject matter of the papers and the other co-authors cited along with McLuhan were analyzed. Among the main results, it was found that compared to the Canadian researcher’s journal articles, his monographs received the most citations received, notably his work entitled “Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man”. In addition, it was discovered that the interdisciplinary nature of McLuhan’s thought has had repercussions in different fields, such as communication, education, sociology and computer science. Since the second half of the 20th century, McLuhan is a benchmark, together with outstanding sociologists, philosophers and communication theorists such as Theodor Adorno, Pierre Bourdieu and Zygmunt Bauman, among others.