http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/96283 Volume 2014 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 23:21:32 GMT 2026-04-06T23:21:32Z http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/97158 Separated multilingualism? The experience of students’ multilingualism in minority language education in Brittany (France); ; ; This article presents the results of a three-month empirical study in a private minority immersion school of the non-profit association DIWAN in Brittany (France). The private minority schools of DIWAN, founded in 1977 as a reaction against monolingual language policy in France, were modeled on Canadian immersion schools, which first appeared in 1965 in Ontario, as well as on Ikastolas (Basque country) and Welsh language schools (Wales). The network of DIWAN immersion schools has created a linguistic regime, ideologically founded in language revitalization. The regime guarantees an artificially secure Breton-only space in schools, along with the teaching of two foreign languages (English and German or Spanish) and classes in the students’ mother tongue French. Nowadays this artificially created Breton-only space is definitely in opposition to a globalized and flexible world. In this context, the research study questions the following: “How do the students experience their multilingualism?” — hypothesizing that the students do encounter separated multilingualism. The study is based on the theoretical concept of multilingualism and on the models of multilingualismencouragement in schools. In addition, there are references to the theory of the production of social space, the concept of language regime and also the study of material semiotics. The empirical part of the study combines language biographical and ethnographical approaches in the form of language portrayals and narrative interviews, as well as linguistic landscaping. Wed, 01 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/97158 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/97148 CA as a methodology in investigating the language of decision-making; ; ; The present article draws on authentic business meetings data collected during a longitudinal study undertaken in a British Chamber of Commerce and Industry (2005–2006) and uses these to set out an applied methodology to the analysis of decision-making in meetings. Specifically, it makes a case promoting the suitability of Conversation Analysis (CA) in examining the role of talk in decision-making. Due to the interdisciplinary character of the research enquiry, an analysis of this kind poses a number of challenges that need to be subsumed into the design of the methodology adopted. These typically include the complexity of multi-party interactions, the volume of data, and the requirement for the linguistic findings to be interpreted in the wider context of the business organisation. CA provides a flexible and robust methodology through which to address these challenges. In order to illustrate some of its potential, the article will demonstrate how CA’s principle orientations towards turn-taking, turn design, and the sequential character of spoken interaction were applied to business meetings data, and how these assisted in understanding the talk in enacting the process of decision-making in meetings. On a more general level, the article argues that while the robust nature of CA has historically been established in the analysis of ordinary conversation, it is through its more recent and often somewhat creative applications that it is also becoming increasingly employed in the analysis of workplace and institutional discourse.; Článek vychází z analýzy dat shromážděných v rámci longitudinální studie realizované v jedné z hospodářských komor ve Velké Británii (2005–2006). Na jejím základě předkládá metodiku konverzační analýzy použité pro rozbor procesu rozhodování během vnitropodnikových jednání; objasňuje vhodnost využití této metodiky pro popis a interpretaci dynamiky konverzace pracovních týmů a k identifikaci klíčových momentů pracovních jednání. Podrobněji příspěvek rozebírá, jakým způsobem mohou základní principy konverzační analýzy, tzn. rozbor sekvenčního uspořádání jednotlivých příspěvků a vymezení konverzačních strategií, přispět k pochopení role diskurzu při utváření rozhodovacího procesu. V obecnější rovině je cílem navržené aplikované metodiky poskytnout konkrétní příklad využití analýzy konverzace pro řešení otázky, která je svou povahou interdisciplinární a která nachází stále širší zastoupení právě ve studiích profesního a institucionálního diskurzu. Wed, 01 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/97148 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/97125 Nahrávání v terénním lingvistickém výzkumu: jak získat kvalitní záznam řeči?; Field recording in linguistic research: how to achieve high-quality audio recordings?; ; ; The article deals with recording techniques in linguistic field research. It aims at providing linguists with technical and practical knowledge on how to make a high quality speech recording in a non-laboratory setting. As the first step in field recording is to master the manipulation with the audio device, the paper starts with the presentation and the explanation of basic concepts related to digital audio signal processing. It goes on with the description of the basic technical equipment for speech recording as well as some of the supplementary components. This should help the readers handle the instruments in practice. A separate section is devoted to the classification and the description of external microphones which can be used as an effective extension of compact recording devices. Apart from technical aspects of field recording, practical issues such as the choice of an appropriate place and the organization of the recording session are also discussed. Attention is paid to the ways how to manage and store the recordings too, including proper treatment of the metadata. Finally, some suggestions on how to enhance the spontaneity of the respondents’ speech behaviour are offered. The article draws primarily on the authors’ own experience with field recording and it presupposes no previous knowledge of technical terms and audio processing techniques. Wed, 01 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/97125 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/97041 Combining formal and non-formal foreign language learning: first insights into a German-Spanish experiment at university level; ; ; In this article we will present the first results of a pilot study that aims at creating, evaluating and optimizing opportunities for language learning at university level. Learners of Spanish in Austria and learners of German in Spain face quite similar problems: large groups, a short period of time available and an important progress to be made. This project results from the co-operation between the University of Alicante and the University of Vienna and brings together learners of Spanish in Austria and learners of German in Spain via online tandems. In a first step, the role of Spanish and German as L3 will be described in the background of European language policy, then online tandem learning will be methodologically contextualised and positioned. The third part provides a description of the project, the obstacles and problems when setting up online tandems, and finally a first evaluation of the project with respect to its aims. Wed, 01 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/97041 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z