Browsing Arts (Faculty of) by Subject "positioning"
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Culture-in-interaction: Using idiomatic-sounding membership categorizations in German interactions
(University of Waterloo, 2022-08-29)Understanding (Verstehen) and establishing common understanding (Verständigung) are foundational to human communication. Interactants not only work to understand their conversational partners, but they also act to ensure ... -
German Accent Bias – The negative Connotation of the German Accent in English among German Speakers.
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-26)In a globalized world, multilingualism is prevalent, with English as one of its major lingua franca. However, a German accent in English is often perceived as a lack of linguistic competence. An accent is seen as an indicator ... -
Reparatursequenzen in L2-Prüfungen: Positionierung und Fokus auf Form
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-26)In this thesis, repair and positioning are examined with respect to second language learners. The data employed in this analysis consists of oral examinations taken by students of German. These data comprise 22 tape ... -
Transtextual Narratives about the European Union. A qualitative research on structuring, sense-making constructions of reality from a linguistic perspective
(University of Waterloo, 2024-03-28)Narratives are never finished products, but constantly evolving linguistic constructs. Actors use them to position themselves and develop the narratives further in the process. In this respect, narratives are to be understood ...