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The Acquisition of Referring Expressions
This book describes the repertoire and uses of referring expressions by French-speaking children and their interlocutors in naturally occurring dialogues at home and at school, in a wide range of communicative situations and activities. Through...
Self-containment and contamination
Abstract This chapter explores two competing models of adaptation of discourses: self-containment and contamination. The first model is contradictorily a non-adaptable framework that scales the social circulation of text and talk as expandable, i.e. scalable,...
Face, conflict, and adaptability in mediated intercultural invitations
Abstract In a world of increasing national and international mobility, people are progressively more engaged in communication over multiple types of media. This paper discusses the question of adaptability in mediated intercultural communication, considering the...
Discussing breast cancer in cyber spaces
Abstract The relationship between human beings and technology has raised concerns about adaptability as a major issue ( Mey 2015a ) in the cyber era. With a view to understanding how communication occurs in the...
Expressing opinions and emotions while travelling on-line
Abstract New technologies are developed to facilitate our daily lives, and as a result, they also transform our reality and create new communication contexts between humans and machines. Mey (2006) insists on the two-way directivity...
Language policy and language teaching
Abstract This study focuses on the teaching of English in Brazil and how language policy is handled by public school teachers; it also offers some reflections on adaptability ( Mey 2009 ). Given the current...