Discussion Of Research Research Articles

Contexts of Co-Constructed Discourse

The edited volume, Contexts of Co-constructed Discourse: Interaction Pragmatics, and Second Language Applications, edited by Czerwionka, Showstack, and Liskin (2022), is presented as a tribute to Dr. Dale April Koike and her contributions to applied linguistics, co-constructed discourse, pragmatics, and language pedagogy. Building upon that body of work, this collection showcases new developments in co-construction in discourse research. Each contributing author endeavors to add a more nuanced understanding of emergent context in interactions through chapters that explore some of the dynamics between action and language in interaction and delve into identities, social roles and actions, pragmatic meaning-making, frames, and context. The collection both offers thanks to Dr. Koike for her contributions to these areas of study and adds to the existing body of research on how speakers jointly negotiate meanings, contexts, identities, and social positions in interaction.

Is my work racist? Critical thinking and critical discourse in social work research

The United States is once again experiencing a window of time wherein there is a heightened acknowledgement and understanding of our history as a racist society. Many researchers are discussing the impact of their work in this new light. Researchers are in a unique position that holds power to chart new directions and paths forward, or to reinforce the status quo. Drawing on Critical Discourse Analysis and Dual Process Theory, we examine our own research, looking at language as action. We suggest that researchers are not objective observers but active participants, and as such, must struggle to understand how our worldviews shape our work. We illustrate how critical thinking shapes our understanding of society, and how that understanding underpins our research from the framing of our questions to the interpretation of results. We explain how the discourse of research serves to not only capture but drive dominant ideologies. We offer suggestions for considering research in the context of social justice.

Erratum to "Social media for research discourse, dissemination, and collaboration in rheumatology".

Erratum to "Social media for research discourse, dissemination, and collaboration in rheumatology".

Discourse and Violence

The essay explores the question of whether and to what extent discourse research, in its various versions, inspired by theories and methodologies from the (global) west, has been conducted as »fair-weather research« (»Schön-Wetter-Forschung«). Relations of power and dominance, hegemony, or marginality have always been at the heart of discourse research. But it has paid little attention to current phenomena of »re-ordering discourses« through body-related and speaker-related violent interventions and threats of violent acts. Such acts might unfold top-down, via transformations in performing state power and control of public spheres, or bottom up, as aggressions of political-ideological or fundamentalist religious movements against (for whatever reason) unwanted articulations. How can discourse studies respond to such forms of violent (re)ordering of discourses?

Metapolitics as Programmatic Storytelling

New Right metapolitics is a challenge for discourse research as its proponents possess reflexive knowledge of the discursive arenas in which they engage. To critically analyse these discursive practices requires conceptual approaches that differ from the emic concepts of the New Right. So far, there are scant methodological reflections on the peculiarity of metapolitics. This paper offers an analytical framework to tackle these shortcomings. I argue to distinguish between narrations and narratives, and to conceptualise the New Right as a narrative community. Furthermore, I propose several analytical categories to be implemented in a sociology of knowledge approach to discourse.

Развитие теоретических представлений о городе: картография и ментальные карты в социологическом дискурсе

The relevance of urban studies is growing with the increase population in cities, these trends have been observed worldwide for more than half a century. The main task of the presented work is to identify the stages of development of theoretical ideas about the city: from theories based on the historical and comparative method developed by the classics of sociological thought (F. Tönnies, G. Simmel, M. Weber) before the research of the second half of the 20th century, in which the accumulated sociological knowledge and methods allow enriching interdisciplinary research matrices (K. Lynch, S. Milgram). The transformation of urban research is determined by socio-cultural, economic, demographic and political factors in a particular space and time, which allows us to constantly formulate new hypotheses. The perception of the city changes with the development of knowledge: from utilitarian to meaning-forming, spiritual space. The concept of "image of the city" is considered in this study as a key one that determines the strategy of scientific research and the inclusion in the research discourse of works devoted to cartography and the development of mental maps (K. Lynch, S. Milgram, I.I. Mitin et al.). K. Lynch created mental maps based on the logic of perception of the fabric of the urban environment; maps revealed the connection between the real objects of the city and the respondents' ideas about them; the townspeople perceived the city individually, extrapolating their meanings to familiar streets and architectural objects. S. Milgram continued to develop the ideas of mental mapping. He transferred the research to the plane of personal perception: a person emotionally colors the city. These methods of studying the city make it possible to evaluate its functionality and infrastructure, to identify the daily practices of citizens, which becomes the basis formation of the "image of the city", definitions elements that make the city safe and accessible or vice versa lead to alienation. The conclusions obtained as a result of the study make it possible to form an interdisciplinary research matrix within the framework of urban sociology, to obtain a sociological interpretation of the knowledge obtained about the object of research in history, geography, cultural studies, philosophy, demography, which contributes to the expansion of research prospects and the development of related fields of knowledge.

Theory of Text and Discourse in Linguistic Research

The article is devoted to the history of the study of the theory of text and discourse in linguistic works, the definition of the relationship between concepts, the comparison of the concepts of text and discourse. In the course of the study, the opinions of scientists forming and developing the theory of text and discourse are compared (F. de Saussure, O. Moskalskaya, I. Galperin, O. Akhmanova, A. Bondarko, T. van Dijk, G. Melnikov, A. Baitursynuly, K. Zhubanov, R. Syzdyk, N. Uali, Zh. Mankeeva, Zh. Zhakupov, A. Salkynbay) and general conclusions are given. The linguistic features of the text, the characteristic features of the discourse are determined by the linguistic data. In addition, the analysis of the differences and similarities of the discourse with the text is carried out. The research of the subject, semantic and structural integrity, grammatical patterns in text formation is carried out. Based on the conducted research, the author gives similarities and differences between the concepts of text and discourse. In addition, the scientific text of the scientist M. Balakayev was considered, and stylistic, cognitive, discursive and pragmatic analysis was carried out. Through the text of the scientist, the relationship and specificity between the text and discourse were revealed. The results of the analysis demonstrated that the text is the result of thought, the process property of discourse. This article is relevant for researchers of the theory of text and discourse.

USABILITY AS A PROBLEM OF EXPRESSIVE WEB DESIGN TOOLS: FROM THE PRACTICE OF WEB USABILITY TO THE CONTEXT OF WEB ACCESSIBILITY

The article is devoted to the problem of analyzing the issue of web usability and web accessibility of using educational web resources in the context of the problems of expressive web design tools. The author considers web usability and web accessibility systems as components of a universal design problem that goes beyond narrow technical issues of website content consumption. An important component of the research discourse of the publication is the study and interpretation of the experience of using educational Internet resources from the point of view of the system of expressive means, aesthetic solutions and artistic and project properties of web design. It is concluded that the artistic nature of an educational website has the capacity for representation within the user experience. It is proved that the parameter of external consistency of expressive means is extremely important for the problem of web accessibility. If a website's learning model uses more than one visual system, this requires coordination of visual solutions at all levels of interface design. The author emphasizes that the practice of gaining experience using an educational web resource is based on functional criteria. At the same time, the usability characteristics are not enough to identifythe typological structure of a certain site and to determine, on this basis, a universal approach to the construction of visual solutions. Practically in all the considered cases there are artistic-figurative or aesthetic-stylistic features, which are either part of the functioning system, or are considered as independent aesthetic components. The inevitability in the functioning of websites requires designers to come up with such solutions that would determine not only the functional properties of the website, but also its artistic direction. The conducted analysis shows that the aesthetics of network Internet resources is formed based on the principles of usability and is a utilitarian system that has its own functionality and a wide range of usage norms. Based on this, educational websites have significant differences compared to representative web resources that form visual messages within a different artistic and figurative system.

<em>Roblox</em> and Meta Verch

<em>Roblox</em> and Meta Verch

Существует ли текстовая картина мира?

The article presents the most important opinions in Poland on the interdependence of the linguistic worldview and the text worldview. It tries to answer the title question on the basis of empirical examples. Establishing a text worldview is also a kind of discourse research. The paper proposes to refer to the lexicographic tradition (creating thematic dictionaries) and to the quantitative lexical analysis of the content. The empirical material used in the study consists of three text corpora of 250,000 words each. They contain texts taken from youth magazines from the 1990s. The views presented in the article oppose the findings of the Lublin school of ethnolinguistics.

GENDER IMAGES IN COMMERCIALS

The article deals with the issues of gender images in commercials. It covers the gender perspectives found in the English TV advertising on the analysis of visual mail and female images. The aim оf the article is tо study theoretical aspects of media discourse research, to analyze linguistic features of gender representation in English media discourses. It includes infоrmatiоn abоut the media discourse, its linguistic features and types; describes the nоtiоn оf gender and linguistic means that represent gender in discourse.It shоws varied linguistic features of the women language and men language, their character, image, etc. It can be emphasized that there is still a dominance of stereotypes regarding the images of men and women that relate to such characteristic features as: appearance, habits, social, personal, professional relationships, social roles and responsibilities , etc. It is proved that advertising dictates to people and contributes to the formation of a certain way of life, points to the process of gender standardization, divides society according to institutions and gender roles, it participates in the formation of a person's living environment, perception of norms and everyday life, it is a connecting link between a person and society.

The problem of academic dishonesty in the global and Russian research discourse: The bibliometric analysis based on science databases

The findings of bibliometrical study are discussed to asses and compare the arrays of scholarly publications on the subject of academic dishonesty in Russia and in the world. The research method is based on interlinking the degree of scientific discourse maturity with terminological system sophistication. The dynamics of terminological system development in the area of academic dishonesty is examined with the search tools of Scopus as the largest reviewed scientific database, and Russian Science Citation Index. The title terms making the core of the terminological system for “academic dihonetsy” are identified, as well as the variants of their translation into the Russian language in the context of the problem. Based on the list of the title terms, the strategy for searching of scientific texts on the topic is built; the search results are visualized in the tables and graphs included. The author concludes that the array of the studies on the topic of academic dishonesty have been intensively developing in the academic community since 2000; she also argues that the stable long-term growth of publication is the trend in this area. However, based on RSCI, the scientific discourse of academic dishonesty in Russia has been developing just for the recent decade, with the trend of acceleration in the recent few years, though with insignificant accumulation of scientific texts array. The originality of the paper lies in the application of the approach of terminological system analysis with bibliometrical tools to estimate the maturity of research discourse in the individual subject area.

A Functional Study of Meta-discourse

With the development of the discourse analysis theory, researchers have begun to pay attention to the meaning of discourse itself, and the meta-discourse has become a hot spot in discourse research. The definitions of meta-discourse in different schools are different and have their own biases, but the meta-discourse role has been widely accepted of organizing the discourse, expressing the author’s views, and considering the reader’s reflection, which is a way for the author to carry out the structure of the paper and organize ideas. From the perspective of Halliday’s system and function, this paper analyzes the three major functions of metadiscourse: ideational, interpersonal and textual metafunctions. The ideational metadiscourse can affect the propositional content and semantic interpretation of discourse to a certain extent. The interpersonal metadiscourse helps understand and evaluate propositional information, establish the relationship between the author and the reader and emphasize the interaction between them. The textual meta-discourse helps the writer express how they connect conceptual materials and how the text produces meaning in the context. In addition, the author believes that the use of the meta-discourse also reflects the interactive, inter-subjective, and dialogic features of the discourse.

The Concept of An Universal Basic Income in Research Discourse: Implications for Labor and Social Law

The Concept of An Universal Basic Income in Research Discourse: Implications for Labor and Social Law

From TPACK to N-TPACK Framework for Vocational Education and Training With a Focus on Nutritional Science and Home Economics

Context: In Germany, vocational education and training (VET) plays a key role in the transition from school to working life. Due to its proximity to the labour market and an increasingly digitised, connected world, the professional knowledge requirements of VET teachers are changing and an adjustment of competence frameworks for vocational teachers is needed. Approach: Since its introduction, the TPACK (Technological Pedagogical And Content Knowledge) framework of Shulman and Mishra and Koehler has been repeatedly used in the international research discourse as a framework for capturing teachers' professional knowledge. Given the infrequent reference to TPACK in the field of vocational education and training (VET), this theoretical article aims to adapt the TPACK framework for VET teachers. A literature review revealed the importance of developing an adapted TPACK framework that takes into account the peculiarities of the German vocational school system as well as the non technical personal service sector. Based on this research gap, an appropriately adapted TPACK framework was developed. The focus of this article lies on VET of nutritional science and home economics. Findings: After considering and analysing the requirements of the VET system in Germany in the context of digitalisation, it is suggested to adapt and enlarge the existing TPACK framework, thus creating an N-TPACK framework, taking into account "Networking and Collaborative Knowledge (NK)" as an aspect of essential VET teachers' professional knowledge. Conclusion: The present theoretical article considers the research desideratum of extending the TPACK framework by developing a theoretical N-TPACK framework as well as examining and discussing the various knowledge areas. Building on this theoretical article, a survey of the current status quo of these professional knowledge areas among (prospective) VET teachers in the subject area of nutrition and home economics is necessary, in order to provide orientation and to be able to derive recommended actions for an up-to-date and forward looking teacher education and training.

Enriching the educational psychologist’s researcher identity and role in collaborative research: A cultural-historical activity theory perspective

Aims and rationaleWithin the profession of educational psychology (EP), debates on the extent of EP research activity in the UK continue. Indeed, there may be a disconnection between the spectrum of EP research activity, its publication and its acknowledgement in academic and policy output. However, the focus of this article is not to elaborate upon this further but rather to consider the educational psychologist’s research identity. Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) as an analytical and theoretical framework has been explored in EP practice (Leadbetter, 2017) but is instead presented here for the enrichment of EP research identity and skills, and to develop a more nuanced understanding of collaborative research.FindingsThe complexity of the nature of enquiry that underpins EP practice and systemic change processes is complimentary to the socio-cultural and historical factors in national EP practice.ConclusionsFurthermore, to bridge disconnects between academic and practitioner research, it is proposed that EP research identity can also be enhanced by locating this in the academic discourse of inter-disciplinary and collaborative research.

Русофобия и способы ее нейтрализации в средствах массовой информации (материалы круглого стола)

As part of the research of modern media discourse, a round table “Russophobia and ways to neutralize it in the mass media” was held at the research laboratory “Linguistic Security and Psychology of Information Impact” of the Institute of Law and National Security of the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation. Laboratory specialists and invited experts discussed the problem of Russophobia as part of the current media discourse in the mass media, as well as in new media (social networks, blogosphere, messengers, network video hosting channels, etc.), as well as, in general, destructive information flows aimed at destroying the cultural and social integrity of the Russian Federation (“cancel Russian culture”). The emphasis
 in the discussion of the laboratory experts is on the relevance of training specialists in working with media communication tools. During the discussion, such concepts as “linguistic security”, “Russophobia” and their impact on the media culture of Russian society were analyzed. As a result of the round table, measures were proposed to enhance linguistic security, train journalists and specialists in working with mass media, prepared
 to analyze destructive information flows using the entire arsenal of linguistic expertise in countering Russophobia.

Funktionen von Unsicherheitsthematisierungen in journalistischen Medien

Theoretical and methodological approaches of discourse analysis in the wake of Foucaultfocus on how knowledge is constituted in discourses. They are therefore well suited forinvestigating the epistemic status of knowledge, and thus also uncertain knowledge and ignorance.However, discourse research does not offer specialized analytical approaches to media discourseswith their specific boundary conditions and inherent logics, while at the same time inpractice many analyses deal with media products. Some writers even bemoan a “media oblivion”in discourse theory. This article aims to demonstrate how theoretical approaches in communicationstudies can help to specify the role of journalists as discourse producers and participants,as well as journalistic production principles. In the empirical part of the article, the scientificallyambiguous knowledge about burnout is used as an example to show ten discursive-communicativefunctions that the thematization of epistemic uncertainty can have in journalistic articles.

Phraseological Picture of the World and Communication: Take “Carpe Diem” as an Example

Phraseological units are an integral part of the national linguistic culture. In the collective consciousness of native speakers, set phrases generate a phraseological picture of the world common to any language community. Individuals have their phraseological picture of the world integrated into the general one. The phraseological parameters of discourse and communication represent valuable material for innovative research in the field of communication aesthetics. Phraseological grammar and aesthetics correlate with the creative aspect of stable word combinations of national culture and worldview. The article considers some aspects of French phraseological communication and a picture of the world with due regard to ethnocultural and diachronic factors. A hypothesis is put forward that a specific phraseological unit (“carpe diem”) has a high degree of linguocultural activity in the modern French discourse and, accordingly, in the linguistic picture of the world. There are prospects for further cognitive-communicative research of the phraseological discourse.

Language Use and Disciplinarity: A Literature Review

Disciplinary variation in language use is one of the focal topics in academic discourse research. This paper critically reviews extant literature studies on the close relationship between language use and disciplinarity, in an attempt to clarify the different perspectives, both theoretical and methodological, in exploring the discipline-specific nature of academic discourses. This paper points out that the previous studies mainly adopted a form-first approach to analyzing the lexico-grammatical features of disciplinary discourses and calls for more attention to the meanings, functions, and discourse-semantic patterns in discourses across disciplines by adopting a function-first approach.