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Cultures-Of-Use And Morphologies Of Communicative Action, Steven L. Thorne
Cultures-Of-Use And Morphologies Of Communicative Action, Steven L. Thorne
World Languages and Literatures Faculty Publications and Presentations
In this article I revisit the cultures-of-use conceptual framework-that technologies, as forms and processes comprising human culture, mediate and assume variable meanings, values, and conventionalized functions for different communities (Thorne, 2003). I trace the antecedent arc of investigation and serendipitous encounters that led to the 2003 publication and conclude by proposing that digital environments and the human experience of activity form unified ecologies with agency distributed through the system.
Encyclopedia Of Hispanic Linguistics, Eva Núñez-Méndez
Encyclopedia Of Hispanic Linguistics, Eva Núñez-Méndez
World Languages and Literatures Faculty Publications and Presentations
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Social Media, Fandom And Language Learning: A Roundtable With Shannon Sauro And Steven L. Thorne, Dean Wang, Shannon Sauro, Steven L. Thorne
Social Media, Fandom And Language Learning: A Roundtable With Shannon Sauro And Steven L. Thorne, Dean Wang, Shannon Sauro, Steven L. Thorne
World Languages and Literatures Faculty Publications and Presentations
Last November, Dr. Shannon Sauro and Dr. Steven L. Thorne visited the UAB campus to give lectures on, respectively, ‘Fandom, Social Media and Learning’ and ‘Human development and semiotic remediation through mobile place-based gaming’. (. . . ) Questions and responses are transcribed here.
Language As An Existential Catharsis In The Secret Life Of Words By Isabel Coixet (El Lenguaje Como Catarsis Existencial En La Vida Secreta De Las Palabras De Isabel Coixet), Eva NúÑEz-MéNdez
Language As An Existential Catharsis In The Secret Life Of Words By Isabel Coixet (El Lenguaje Como Catarsis Existencial En La Vida Secreta De Las Palabras De Isabel Coixet), Eva NúÑEz-MéNdez
World Languages and Literatures Faculty Publications and Presentations
Resumen: Este estudio se propone interpretar el lenguaje y sus representaciones simbólicas en la película La vida secreta de las palabras como factores simbólicos y catárticos, sobre todo en lo que se refiere a la vida de la protagonista femenina, Hanna. La directora, Isabel Coixet, logra transmitir a través de la diná-mica lingüística de los personajes un sinfín de emociones vitales que van desde el sufrimiento más pro-fundo, pasando por el aislamiento y el desamparo, hasta un completo vacio existencial. Hanna vive com-pletamente aislada y sola en el norte de Irlanda, en Belfast, después de haber logrado sobrevivir múltiples violaciones …