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"Can I Be at Risk of Getting AIDS?" A Linguistic Analysis of Two Internet Columns on Sexual Health
No full textRecent global statistics highlight that, out of all new cases of HIV infection, 45% are diagnosed in young people (UNAIDS 2008). Despite a range of new initiatives aimed at increasing young people's knowledge of HIV at the beginning of the first decade of the twenty-first century (UNAIDS 2001), latest figures highlight that such initiatives have not been wholly successful in preventing new infection in young people (UNAIDS 2011). In light of this, the language patterns that young people use when seeking information about HIV/AIDS are investigated. Our focus in particular is on computer-mediated-communication, a relatively under-researched area in the sphere of health communication. Building on previous research (Locher 2006, 2010; Harvey et al. 2008; Harvey 2013), we examine one UK and one US Internet-based, professional, health advice column as sources of advice-information for young people. Despite numerous established health campaigns, young advice-seekers' questions reflect misinformed conceptions, such as the conflation of HIV and AIDS and confusion as to the way in which the virus can be contracted. Our linguistic research gives access to young people's lay beliefs about sexual health and highlights the need to redress such beliefs, with the aim of improving the effectiveness of health education initiatives. We suggest that computer-mediated communication can be one effective medium through which to assess young people's knowledge about HIV/AIDS, as well as effectively disseminating sexual health advice and information by health care bodies
Relational work, politeness and identity construction
No full textAs social beings we express, communicate, and, ultimately, negotiate our identity through many different channels: one such channel may be the way we dress, another the way we comport ourselves; yet another important channel is the use of language. We can even claim that the way in which we use language plays a crucial role when enhancing, maintaining, and challenging relationships in interpersonal communication. This use of language has variously been termed facework, identity work, relational work or rapport management (cf. Section 3 and 4 for references). This chapter is intended to explain this use by utilizing some of the literature on identity that follows a postmodernist understanding of the concept of identity as “the social positioning of self and other” (Bucholtz and Hall 2005:586). In a ddition, an attempt is made to combine research on the construction of identity by means of language more generally with the linguistic literature that has developed ideas under the keyword politeness. It is shown in this chapter that politeness research can fruitfully be combined with research on identity construction. This line of thought has already been pursued to some extent in the field of gender research (cf. Swann 2000), and also in studies on face and identity more generally (cf. Tracy 1990; Spencer-Oatey 20 07a,b). The chapter thus focuses on the interpersonal side of communication and further intends to explore the links between identity, face, and politeness. It is organized as follows: In section 2, I will discuss the interpersonal and the informational aspect of language. In Section 3, I will move on to link these ideas to identity construction in general. In Section 4, different approaches to politeness will be at the heart of the investigation and will be discussed with identity construction in mind. In Section 5, concluding remarks on the two approaches to interpersonal communication will round off the chapter
Auf der Suche nach Bildern, in denen die Welt zum Stehen kommt. Lichtenberg, Canetti, Handke mit Warburg gelesen.
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Jan Peter Locher, Untersuchungen zu lερός, hauptsächlich bei Homer, 1963
No full textJan Peter Locher, Untersuchungen zu lερός, hauptsächlich bei Homer, 1963. In: Revue des Études Anciennes. Tome 69, 1967, n°3-4. p. 369
561. Locher (Jakob), Spectaculum a Jacobo Locher, more tragico effigiatum, in quo christianissimi reges adversum truculentissimos Thurcos consilium ineunt expeditionemque bellicam instituunt..., s.l.n.d
No full text561. Locher (Jakob), Spectaculum a Jacobo Locher, more tragico effigiatum, in quo christianissimi reges adversum truculentissimos Thurcos consilium ineunt expeditionemque bellicam instituunt..., s.l.n.d. In: Hauser Henri. Les Sources de l'histoire de France - Seizième siècle (1494-1610). I. Les premieres guerres d'Italie. Charles VIII et Louis XII (1494-1515) Paris : A. Picard et fils, 1906. p. 173
Das Narrenschiff
No full text[Sebastian Brant ; übersetzt von Jacob Locher]Kolophon: In ... urbe Basiliensi nuper opera et p[ro]motione Joha[n]nis Bergman de Olpe...millesimo quadringentesimononagentesimoseptimo Kalendis Martiis; gemäss GW u. ISTC tatsächlich in Nürnberg gedruckt (Georg Stuchs, nach 1. März 1497)Ist gemäss GW meist seitengetreuer Nachdruck von GW 5054Originaltitel: Das NarrenschiffDigitalisierung=Digitization=Numérisation April 2021 TIF
561. Locher (Jakob), Spectaculum a Jacobo Locher, more tragico effigiatum, in quo christianissimi reges adversum truculentissimos Thurcos consilium ineunt expeditionemque bellicam instituunt..., s.l.n.d
No full text561. Locher (Jakob), Spectaculum a Jacobo Locher, more tragico effigiatum, in quo christianissimi reges adversum truculentissimos Thurcos consilium ineunt expeditionemque bellicam instituunt..., s.l.n.d. In: Hauser Henri. Les Sources de l'histoire de France - Seizième siècle (1494-1610). I. Les premieres guerres d'Italie. Charles VIII et Louis XII (1494-1515) Paris : A. Picard et fils, 1906. p. 173
Jan Peter Locher, Untersuchungen zu lερός, hauptsächlich bei Homer, 1963
No full textJan Peter Locher, Untersuchungen zu lερός, hauptsächlich bei Homer, 1963. In: Revue des Études Anciennes. Tome 69, 1967, n°3-4. p. 369
Een dubbel perspectief: aziatische hoven en de VOC, c. 1600 - c. 1720
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