Participation In Discussions Research Articles

Genre of “Promise” as a Reflection of Intentional and Linguistic Organization in Virtual Pedagogical Discourse

This research is situated within the context of contemporary discourse studies. It examines the genre of “promise” functioning within virtual pedagogical discourse. The study explores the genre features of a speech act, considering their potential determination by the pragmatic properties of discourse. Drawing on existing models of speech genres in contemporary genre theory (models by Т. V. Shmeleva, N. B. Lebedeva), two types of genre features of promises are identified. The first type includes invariant characteristics of the genre “promise”: a) the communicative goal of the utterance, linked to a voluntary commitment by the subject to fulfill something; b) linguistic markers of the genre — syntactic constructions containing performative “I promise,” predicates “I swear” / “commit” / “give (<my word>)” with direct objects or explanatory clauses indicating the object of the promise. The second group of features comprises genre characteristics of the text, determined by its discursive nature: a) the dictum content of the genre (theme of “Education”), b) the status roles of participants in institutional-pedagogical discourse; c) properties of the speech act determined by the structural-functional features of the messenger (interactivity, media files). Ultimately, a promise emerges as a genre realization of shared and simultaneously adapted speechthinking intention and discursive means.

Способы вербализации ценностных установок педагогического дискурса (на материале профессиональных стандартов в России, Германии и Великобритании)

The article is devoted to research of methods for the verbalization of axiological attitudes in pedagogical discourse in Russian, German, and British cultures at the present stage. The aim of the research is to identify methods for verbalizing the value attitudes of pedagogical discourse in Russian, German, and British cultures: what values and how they are reflected in the texts of regulatory documents in different languages. The scientific novelty of the study lies in the use of an integrated approach that allows interpreting the results of the statistical analysis of the texts of normative documents in the education system of three countries from the perspective of current linguistic theories and aimed at revealing intercultural specificity in the interaction process of the main participants of pedagogical discourse. The result of the study is a description of the main lexico-semantic characteristics of the texts of the pedagogical standard in Russia, Germany, and the United Kingdom, confirming the significant differences in the axiological attitudes of each of the cultures that determine the specificity of social interaction within pedagogical discourse.

Hate Speech in American Political Discourse: A Functional-Linguistic Analysis

The aim of this paper is to analyse how the concept of hatred is represented in American political discourse. The problem of intensified hate speech requires thorough linguistic investigation as political discourse is becoming more openly conflictual. The empirical material of this study comprises public speeches by American politicians, politically themed analytical articles in the press, and posts and statements of politicians in social networks. The main method used in the analysis is the functionallinguistic analysis of discourse. The author analyses confrontational communicative tactics, e.g. discrediting, scorn, insult, accusation, mockery, etc. The objects (or victims) of such rhetoric are political opponents of the subject of speech, who may have different points of view, religious beliefs, cultural backgrounds and social status. Hate speech, which is an extreme form of how the concept of hatred can be verbalized, may be directed against confessional and ethnical groups. The paper places a special emphasis on the communicative goals and intentions of discourse participants who resort to hate speech. Usually it is the desire of the subject of speech to publicly demonstrate disrespect, mock, belittle the authority of opponents and favourably represent oneself in the eyes of the audience. The rhetoric of hatred comprises such typical means as negative and offensive epithets and metaphors; hyperbolic, comparative, rhetorical and lexical constructions with the pragmatical meaning of irony. In situations when the subjects of speech emphasize the difference between them and their opponents (national, religious, social etc.), the functional fields of the concept of hatred and the “in-group/out-group” concept may overlap. In these cases, the communicative goal of the speaker is to alienate political opponents and emphasize their dissidence in a negative way.

Increased Addes Value Msmes Through Innovation Management in Entrepreneurship

The existence of a community among MSMEs/creative economy actors is an important thing that needs to be considered in innovation, to meet consumer needs. This Community Service aims to strengthen the capacity of MSMEs in understanding innovation management in entrepreneurship. The scope of PkM is intermediation with MSMEs/creative economy actors for the products/services produced to be accepted by users, understanding, knowledge of creativity and innovation management are needed. The method used uses a qualitative approach through participatory discussions during the implementation of PkM, pre-survey - participatory observation, and interviews with key informants and main informants and supporting informants. The analysis used in this article is qualitative data analysis, namely measuring knowledge of innovation and providing suggestions/input for improvements so that it can be followed up by MSME players. The output of this Community Service is to increase the community's understanding and skills in understanding the creativity and innovation of the products they produce because so far most of them do not have an understanding of innovation management in entrepreneurship. The results of the PkM are that UKM guidance, namely output officials, will follow up on these outcomes and be accompanied by UMB lecturers. The conclusion is that MSME actors in Meruya Selatan Subdistrict do not yet understand the importance of creativity and innovation, including market changes (user) needs, technological developments and innovations that can be used in the business value chain (entrepreneurship) as well as the use of digital in entrepreneurship, especially digital transformation for marketing channels.

Improving Indigenous health equity within the emergency department: a global review of interventions

IntroductionIndigenous health equity interventions situated within emergency care settings remain underexplored, despite their potential to influence patient care satisfaction and empowerment. This study aimed to systematically review and identify Indigenous equity interventions and their outcomes within acute care settings, which can potentially be utilized to improve equity within Canadian healthcare for Indigenous patients.MethodsA database search was completed of Medline, PubMed, Embase, Google Scholar, Scopus and CINAHL from inception to April 2023. For inclusion in the review, articles were interventional and encompassed program descriptions, evaluations, or theoretical frameworks within acute care settings for Indigenous patients. We evaluated the methodological quality using both the Joanna Briggs Institute checklist and the Ways Tried and True framework.ResultsOur literature search generated 122 publications. 11 articles were selected for full-text review, with five included in the final analysis. Two focusing on Canadian First Nations populations and three on Aboriginal Australians. The main intervention strategies included cultural safety training, integration of Indigenous knowledge into care models, optimizing waiting-room environments, and emphasizing sustainable evaluation methodologies. The quality of the interventions was varied, with the most promising studies including Indigenous perspectives and partnerships with local Indigenous organizations.ConclusionsAcute care settings, serving as the primary point of access to health care for many Indigenous populations, are well-positioned to implement health equity interventions such as cultural safety training, Indigenous knowledge integration, and optimization of waiting room environments, combined with sustainable evaluation methods. Participatory discussions with Indigenous communities are needed to advance this area of research and determine which interventions are relevant and appropriate for their local context.

Adapting Traditional Media to the Social Media Culture: A Case Study of Greece

This study is situated within the ongoing scholarly discourse surrounding the role of social media in the evolving communication landscape. The main aim of this research is to examine the extent to which the Greek traditional media and journalists have adapted to the ethos of social media. In particular, this study conducts a comparative analysis to assess whether the Greek media and journalists have effectively embraced the communication challenges arising from advancements in social media, particularly during election cycles. The theoretical foundation rests on the network theory of power, a concept pioneered by the Spanish sociologist Manuel Castells. The empirical component presents the findings obtained through an examination of journalists’ participation in political discourse on Twitter (now named X) throughout seven distinct election periods encompassing all electoral levels in Greece (presidential, national, European and regional/municipal elections, plus a referendum). The findings reveal low levels of adaptation, in contrast with western countries, where journalists and the media have embraced the online culture to a greater extent and appear to take on more prominent roles in debates. The findings provide valuable insights for journalists, politicians and the media in understanding the role of social media in political communication.

Research on the Relationship between Ideology and Social Governance

This study delves into the complex relationship between ideology and social governance, particularly in the context of modern society. Using Emperor Justinian I of the Byzantine Empire as a case study, it examines the role of ideology in social governance and the underlying strategies and motivations. Analyzing the circumstances of Justinian I's reign, the study uncovers clues in his decisions across the domains of art, military affairs, governance, and religion. Through the use of art, Justinian I constructed an image of imperial supremacy, employed military strategies to ensure national security, enacted legislation to strengthen central authority, and promoted religious unity to foster national cohesion. These strategies reflect the shaping and maintenance of social governance through ideology while revealing how social governance influences ideology, resulting in a complex and mutually influential dynamic relationship. This research offers several recommendations for further exploration of the intricate connection between ideology and social domination. It advocates a deep understanding of relevant theories, historical case studies, and contemporary societal analysis. Interdisciplinary, comparative research with various methodologies and active participation in academic discourse are encouraged. The critical reflection is emphasized to maintain academic objectivity. By comprehensively analyzing the historical case of Justinian I, this study provides valuable insights for contemporary discussions within the realms of society and politics, especially in the current landscape marked by ideological divisions, populist movements, and global political challenges. Understanding the dynamics of ideology and social governance is of paramount significance in the modern world.

Feminist democratic innovations in policy and politics

This article examines the potential of feminist democratic innovations in policy and institutional politics. It examines how feminist democratic innovations can be conceptualised and articulated in local institutions. Combining theories on democratic governance, feminist democracy, social movements, municipalism, decentralisation, gender equality policies and state feminism, it conceptualises feminist democratic innovations in policy and politics as innovations oriented at (a) transforming knowledge, (b) transforming policymaking and public funding, (c) transforming institutions, and (d) transforming actors’ coalitions. Through analysis of municipal plans and interviews with key actors, the article examines feminist democratic innovations in the policy and politics of Barcelona’s local government from 2015 to 2023. Emerging from the mobilisation of progressive social movements after the 2008 economic crisis, the findings uncover a laboratory of feminist municipal politics, following the election of a new government and self-proclaimed feminist mayor. Critical actors and an enabling political context play a pivotal role in the adoption of this feminist institutional politics. The article concludes by arguing that feminist institutional politics at the local level contribute to democratising policy and politics in innovative ways, in particular encouraging inclusive intersectionality and participatory discourses and practices.

PEMBUKUAN DAN OPTIMALISASI WHATSAPP BUSINESS DALAM MENINGKATKAN PENJUALAN HOME INDUSTRI

There is various information that can be distributed, such as educational material to increase knowledge about bookkeeping and optimizing WhatsApp to increase sales for home industry businesses. In home industry businesses, it is very important to optimize the WhatsApp Business application as a promotional tool to increase sales. Apart from that, bookkeeping or recording financial reports is also very important. Systematic bookkeeping is useful in providing reliable cash information regarding a business's financial position at a certain time. The aim of this activity is to provide additional knowledge to the community, especially those in Klaling Village, Kudus Regency, about simple bookkeeping methods and optimizing WhatsApp Business. The method used in this activity is lecture and participatory discussion. The results obtained by the participants were that participants were able to make simple bookkeeping and were able to optimize the use of WhatsApp Business to increase sales in home industry businesses.Keywords: Bookkeeping, Optimization, WhatsApp Business, Home Industry

Discursive Representation of Cyber Scam in Selected Nigerian Hip Hop Songs

This study examines the representation of cyber scam in Nigerian hip hop songs. Forty-five singles of twelve Nigerian hip hop artistes constituted the study population. Purposively selected cyber scam-related lyrics of seven artistes constitute the study population. Relevant aspects of Scollon’s »Mediated Discourse Analysis Theory« (MDAT) were used to engage the data. The Nigerian government, scammers, victims and religious clerics were identified as participants in cyber scam discourse. With re-course to context, Nigerian hip hop artistes articulate specific discourse acts such as glamorisation of cyber scam, assertion of identity, appeal to scammers’ cognitive abilities and justification of cyber scam. These acts are discursively projected through metaphorical expressions, repetition, pronominal references, lexical choices and rhetorical questions. This study has contributed to scholarship on cyber fraud by identifying and describing how context functions in articulating the roles, attitudes and orientations of social actors involved in cyber scam.

The scope of empowerment for conservation and communities.

Conservationists increasingly position conservation that is mutually beneficial to people and biodiversity on the promise of empowerment of people through participatory discourse, metrics, processes, and outcomes. Empowerment represents multidimensional concepts and theories that permeate the interlinking levels of power, from the psychological to the political, and social scales in which conservation operates. The multifaceted nature of empowerment makes it challenging to understand, pursue, and evaluate as a central philosophical commitment and goal-oriented practice in conservation. Moreover, definitional and methodological uncertainty may disempower interested and affected groups because they can foster conceptual assumptions that reinforce institutionalized barriers to systemic changes. Despite these complexities, there are no targeted reviews of empowerment in conservation. We conducted a scoping review of the conservation literature to synthesize the meanings and uses of empowerment in the field. We reviewed 121 of the most cited conservation articles that invoked or assessed empowerment from 1992 to 2017 to document geographic, conceptual, and methodological trends in the scales and theories of empowerment deployed by conservationists. Research claiming or assessing empowerment through conservation often focused on communities in the Global South. Most studies relied on qualitative and mixed methods (78%) collected largely from male or non-Indigenous participants. Few studies (30%) defined the 20 types of empowerment they referenced. Fewer studies (3%) applied empowerment theories in their work. Our findings show that empowerment discourse of local and Indigenous communities permeates the discourse of people-centered conservation. Yet, overreliance on empowerment's rhetorical promise and minimal engagement with theory (e.g., postcolonial theory) risks disempowering people by obscuring empowerment's foundational value to conservation and communities and oversimplifying the complex realities of people-centered conservation. Lasting change could come from more meaningful engagement with empowerment, including coproducing definitions and measures with and for disempowered social groups to tackle widespread power disparities in conservation today.

Living ethics: a stance and its implications in health ethics

Moral or ethical questions are vital because they affect our daily lives: what is the best choice we can make, the best action to take in a given situation, and ultimately, the best way to live our lives? Health ethics has contributed to moving ethics toward a more experience-based and user-oriented theoretical and methodological stance but remains in our practice an incomplete lever for human development and flourishing. This context led us to envision and develop the stance of a “living ethics”, described in this inaugural collective and programmatic paper as an effort to consolidate creative collaboration between a wide array of stakeholders. We engaged in a participatory discussion and collective writing process known as instrumentalist concept analysis. This process included initial local consultations, an exploratory literature review, the constitution of a working group of 21 co-authors, and 8 workshops supporting a collaborative thinking and writing process. First, a living ethics designates a stance attentive to human experience and the role played by morality in human existence. Second, a living ethics represents an ongoing effort to interrogate and scrutinize our moral experiences to facilitate adaptation of people and contexts. It promotes the active and inclusive engagement of both individuals and communities in envisioning and enacting scenarios which correspond to their flourishing as authentic ethical agents. Living ethics encourages meaningful participation of stakeholders because moral questions touch deeply upon who we are and who we want to be. We explain various aspects of a living ethics stance, including its theoretical, methodological, and practical implications as well as some barriers to its enactment based on the reflections resulting from the collaborative thinking and writing process.

A dynamic metaphor perspective on Trump and Xi's trade negotiation in governmental discourse

This article investigates the evolution of U.S.-China trade negotiation in governmental discourse under the presidencies of Donald Trump and Xi Jinping (2017–2021). Paying attention to the development of the political context, we examine trade metaphor use in American and Chinese governmental texts from a dynamic metaphor perspective. Based on the three dominant patterns of metaphoricity activation in the Trump and Xi trade corpora, the analyses reveal that trade metaphors in these governmental texts involve dynamic cognitive (metaphoricity transformation), affective (sentiment development), and socio-political (attitude change) processes. Unlike Cameron's (e.g., 2007) finding that the dynamics of metaphor use at a micro timescale (e.g., minutes) contribute to the reconciliation of discourse participants at a macro timescale (e.g., years), the results show that metaphoricity transformation across a micro timeline (e.g., days, months) does not advance the reconciliation across a macro timeline (years). Although the Trump-Xi trade dispute decreased at the end of 2019, the analyses of dynamic metaphors show that bilateral antagonistic perspectives continued for years.

Power Relations in Institutional Discourse: A Conversation Analytic Approach

Language is one of the dominant channels through which power can be exercised and struggled over during social interaction. In institutional discourse, power can interactionally be achieved and negotiated through the use of a variety of discursive resources at the disposal of discourse participants. This study employs a conversation analytic approach (CA) to data collection and analysis. The main objective of the study is to find out how power and control are exercised throughout the course of news interviews. Data analysis of a substantial extract from a BBC news interview with former Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, revealed four discursive features of particular significance in terms of the management of power and control: questioning, interruption, topic-controlling, and formulation. These discursive control devices enable the interviewer to exercise power and control over the interviewee. The use of each of these discursive features is examined and the implications of the analysis for language teaching and learning are discussed.

Middle School Student's Leadership Skills and Their PE Class Participation

The research areas of physical participation (participatory discussions, sports and outdoor activities, collaborative activities) and leadership (self-confidence, communication skills, intelligence, cooperation and teamwork, decision-making skills, value formation) provide the basis for improving students' Learning efficiency and autonomy. They deepen student engagement in participatory discussions, physical and outdoor activities, and collaborative activities and increase the effectiveness of student leadership development. These areas have improved the academic standards of Nanyang middle school students, contributed to teaching input, and helped students develop classroom participation and leadership skills. This study randomly selected 568 students and analyzed the data collected using a descriptive correlational design and Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). Research results show that improving the level of participatory discussions, sports and outdoor activities, and collaborative activities can effectively promote the improvement of students' leadership levels, including self-confidence, communication skills, intelligence, cooperation and team spirit, decision-making skills, values, etc. formation, ultimately improving students’ academic performance. In order to better cultivate students' sports participation ability and leadership thinking ability, teachers must take relevant measures in teaching. For example, strengthen the cultivation of leadership skills of middle school students, focus on curriculum design, improve students' participation in physical education classes, optimize physical education courses, design rich sports projects, implement intervention projects, and improve the quality of middle school students. Leadership skills and participation levels in physical education classes are critical. Students need independent learning and leadership skills to increase their level of classroom participation. Ultimately, these strategies help students develop leadership skills, broaden their horizons, and become confident, adaptable thinkers.

Гибридный дискурс: конституирующие признаки географических очерков

The research objective is to identify the constitutive features of a geographic essay as a distinct type of discourse. The scientific novelty lies in conducting for the first time the study of the hybrid nature of the 19th to early 20th-century geographic essays, determining and analyzing its primary components. The article also introduces the author's definition of the term “hybrid discourse”. The research is based on the classification proposed by V. I. Karasik, who suggested considering discourse participants, goals, values, chronotopes, themes, genres, strategies, precedent texts, and discursive formulas as the main components of discourse. The study revealed that scientific and artistic discourses form the discursive basis of geographic essays. The key constitutive features of the 19th to early 20th-century geographic essays are presented and described in the analysis. The research identified the key elements of the scientific discourse including main objectives, values, themes, primary chronotopes, central informational strategy, precedent texts, and discursive formulas. The artistic component of these essays is expressed through the formation of secondary objectives, as well as additional chronotope frameworks and diverse frequency strategies.

Intersectional Design in Practice: A Critical Perspective on Sustainability for All

This paper presents an empirical perspective on intersectional design in practice. The research is related to caring for the environment and for all citizens, including vulnerable groups, working towards sustainability for all people at systemic level. Starting from the need for defining new educational ways to teach sustainability to all citizens from an intersectional design model we took into consideration the importance of data gathering by the school community towards devising inclusive processes and by applying methods from participatory discussions to prototype experiments. The same intersectional approach will be used to design the technology for sustainability education that should trigger green and digital transitions and the maximum societal reach by mean sustainability through design.

Opening, deepening, and widening dialogic space in argument classrooms

ABSTRACT Given the importance of teaching and learning argumentation, across disciplines for participation in academic and civil discourse, this article examines how dialogic space is created and sustained in classrooms where argument is taught and learned and, when it is created, what affordances it brings to learning argumentation. Dialogic space is a shared space of mutual resonance where we see, feel, or think things from at least 2 points of view at once. While any instructional setting has the potential to create dialogic space, this potential is not always realized. Using data from previously published research on classroom discourse around argumentation in secondary English language arts classrooms, I present how dialogic space can be opened, deepened, and widened as well as how teachers can engage students in argumentation within this space. I conclude by briefly discussing the contexts and affordances of creating dialogic space in argument classrooms.

Translingual play in networked socialization for transcultural communication: stylized performance and participatory discourse on YouTube

ABSTRACT By integrating critical translingual theories and praxis-oriented intercultural communication, this article explores social media users’ translingual play as a creative way of making linguacultural connections. By juxtaposing transnational YouTubers’ narrations, conversations, and reflections, this study presents their humorous stylized performance for transcultural communication with the local community. The analyses of viewer comments further show the collaborative evaluation and recontextualization of YouTubers’ translingual play as well as metalanguaging about English use and sociocultural practices. The results unveil multilayered relations between stylized performance and participatory discourse.

Are there “weak” definites in bare classifier languages?

This paper motivates a new view on the typology of definiteness that integrates (quasi-)names. The primary data is drawn from Cantonese and Bangla, where both bare classifier constructions and bare nominals are recruited for definite expressions. We argue that these bare nominals, while often analyzed as the so-called “weak”/unique definites in other languages, are indeed name-like expressions akin to the quasi-name Mom in English, in contrast with the definite descriptions denoted by bare classifier constructions. We propose that quasi-names, as well as proper names, are derived by a definite determiner that encodes a functional relation between the discourse participants and the referent. We further discuss cases where quasi-names compete with definite descriptions and proper names. The findings not only suggest that names should be brought into the picture, but also shed light on how pragmatic principles interact and determine the choice of referring expressions.