Towards a Diagnostic Toolkit for the Language of Agency
| Autor: | Kimberly Sheridan, Abigail W. Konopasky |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Cultural Studies
Cognitive science Social Psychology Computer science Cognitive Neuroscience 05 social sciences Agency (philosophy) 050301 education Context (language use) 050105 experimental psychology Language and Linguistics Linguistics Education Anthropology Developmental and Educational Psychology 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Narrative 0503 education |
| Zdroj: | Mind, Culture, and Activity. 23:108-123 |
| ISSN: | 1532-7884 1074-9039 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/10749039.2015.1128952 |
| Popis: | Agency—broadly, the capacity to produce effects—is a critical aspect of human activity, yet its multifaceted character makes analysis difficult. Drawing from functional linguistics, we propose a linguistic toolkit for analyzing the degree to which and manner in which speakers represent themselves as acting intentionally and autonomously. After a brief review of relevant agency literature, we propose three sets of grammatical tools, demonstrating their efficacy with a brief case study of 4 adult secondary learners’ educational narratives. We find that our toolkit offers insight both across contexts within an individual and across individuals in a single context. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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