In light of a large number of admirable attempts which look at scientific discourse from social, dialogic and interpersonal points of view, the propositions which consider scientific discourse as an interactive endeavor are now well-established. By the force of our social constructivist gyrations, we have developed glimpses of a social, cultural and historical dimension in which the discourse o...

BACKGROUND Each group or profession has its own discourse. Discourses create identity, support institutions and reproduce power relationships. Professional identity of Iranian nurses, which has recently had the opportunity to represent itself in social arena, needs investigation. This study aimed to make internal aspect of this identity clear. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study was conducted by...

The political reality of the European Union is not reflected in general discourse on relationship between Western Europe and Central Eastern Europe, which characterized by an adverse attitude towards latter. This impacts identity construction level, where has long been regarded as “Other” against “self ” was defined. However, a new this emerged literary works written scholars journalists that a...

In this paper, I demonstrate how Korean American camp counselors locally construct ethnic identity through the practice of self-categorization in discourse. Self-categorization, or identification oneself terms identity, serves to position ethnicity and associate that with one’s personal goals participating camp. Using videotaped data counselors’ meetings, show while debating their views on what...

In the present paper, we analyse variation of discourse phenomena in two typologically different languages, i.e. in German and Czech. The novelty of our approach lies in the nature of the resources we are using. Advantage is taken of existing resources, which are, however, annotated on the basis of two different frameworks. We use an interoperable scheme unifying discourse phenomena in both fra...