... priests, monks, and idols than for persons of high social rank (teachers, ministers, and less... more ... priests, monks, and idols than for persons of high social rank (teachers, ministers, and lesser nobility...) naay for men of some social standing nnat] for women of some social standing khon for ordinary ... Markedness in Synchrony and Diachrony ed. by Olga MiseSka Tomic, 11-46. ...
Taming the Vernacular: From Dialect to Written Standard Language examines the differences between... more Taming the Vernacular: From Dialect to Written Standard Language examines the differences between standard and nonstandard varieties of several different languages. Not only are some of the best-known languages of Europe represented here, but also some ...
The rise of the new digital medium raises the question to what extent the old genres or text type... more The rise of the new digital medium raises the question to what extent the old genres or text types exist across medial boundaries. While it is clear that there are new genres in Internet-based communication like MUDS or newsgroups, it is less clear if there is continuity between traditional spoken and written genres. This article explores the question for what is arguably the most basic of all genres, spoken conversation and the closest possible candidate for its digital match, the chat. The article looks at the degree to which extent pragmatic, social, and discourse properties typical of oral conversation are present or not in chat. It discusses the way the specific shape of these dimensions is explained by the physical and technical circumstances, and the co-presence conditions following from them, of the Internet chat. In particular, it looks at parameters like turn-taking, the notion of speakerhood, the role of silence, as well as nascent norms in these areas. The article argues that although it is heuristically helpful to calibrate the chat properties against spoken and written language, ultimately the medium and its genres must be defined in their own right.
Although the issue of veracity of statements in forensic contexts arises from evidence given in l... more Although the issue of veracity of statements in forensic contexts arises from evidence given in language, an appreciable share of applied professional linguistics in the practical process of veracity evaluation hardly exists. The article aims to provide a survey of key theoretical and methodological issues in the field of veracity evaluation from the linguistic point of view – a currently popular field where fast results are expected and a lot of publicity is to be gained. The article starts out by looking at the very notion of “truth” and what can happen to it on the way from real-life experience to a verbal report. It then gives an overview of psychological and other approaches to verifying the truth or otherwise of verbal reports. These approaches variously include linguistic cues in their lists of diagnostic features. Dissatisfaction with and inconsistency of the results of psychological tests is partly due to a lack of professional sophistication in defining linguistic cues, as...
... priests, monks, and idols than for persons of high social rank (teachers, ministers, and less... more ... priests, monks, and idols than for persons of high social rank (teachers, ministers, and lesser nobility...) naay for men of some social standing nnat] for women of some social standing khon for ordinary ... Markedness in Synchrony and Diachrony ed. by Olga MiseSka Tomic, 11-46. ...
Taming the Vernacular: From Dialect to Written Standard Language examines the differences between... more Taming the Vernacular: From Dialect to Written Standard Language examines the differences between standard and nonstandard varieties of several different languages. Not only are some of the best-known languages of Europe represented here, but also some ...
The rise of the new digital medium raises the question to what extent the old genres or text type... more The rise of the new digital medium raises the question to what extent the old genres or text types exist across medial boundaries. While it is clear that there are new genres in Internet-based communication like MUDS or newsgroups, it is less clear if there is continuity between traditional spoken and written genres. This article explores the question for what is arguably the most basic of all genres, spoken conversation and the closest possible candidate for its digital match, the chat. The article looks at the degree to which extent pragmatic, social, and discourse properties typical of oral conversation are present or not in chat. It discusses the way the specific shape of these dimensions is explained by the physical and technical circumstances, and the co-presence conditions following from them, of the Internet chat. In particular, it looks at parameters like turn-taking, the notion of speakerhood, the role of silence, as well as nascent norms in these areas. The article argues that although it is heuristically helpful to calibrate the chat properties against spoken and written language, ultimately the medium and its genres must be defined in their own right.
Although the issue of veracity of statements in forensic contexts arises from evidence given in l... more Although the issue of veracity of statements in forensic contexts arises from evidence given in language, an appreciable share of applied professional linguistics in the practical process of veracity evaluation hardly exists. The article aims to provide a survey of key theoretical and methodological issues in the field of veracity evaluation from the linguistic point of view – a currently popular field where fast results are expected and a lot of publicity is to be gained. The article starts out by looking at the very notion of “truth” and what can happen to it on the way from real-life experience to a verbal report. It then gives an overview of psychological and other approaches to verifying the truth or otherwise of verbal reports. These approaches variously include linguistic cues in their lists of diagnostic features. Dissatisfaction with and inconsistency of the results of psychological tests is partly due to a lack of professional sophistication in defining linguistic cues, as...
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