1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910463697103321

Autore

Morrison Craig E. <1958->

Titolo

2 Samuel / / Craig E. Morrison, OCarm ; Jerome T. Walsh, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Collegeville, Minnesota : , : Liturgical Press, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

0-8146-8291-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (299 p.)

Collana

Berit Olam : Studies in Hebrew Narrative & Poetry

Disciplina

222.4407

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A Michael Glazier book."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

King David ranks among the most intriguing persons in the Hebrew Bible. The Second Book of Samuel tells the story of David's kingship-his public successes and his private foibles. The narrator's rehearsal of this story, as questioning as it is vivid, glimpses the secrets of David's heart. In this commentary, Craig E. Morrison focuses on the aesthetics of the ""art of the telling"": how does the narrator succeed in breathing life into his portrait of David? How does he draw the reader into his story? This commentary is intended to accompany the reader's encounter with this ancient masterpiece s



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910782355503321

Autore

Cook Haruko Minegishi

Titolo

Socializing identities through speech style [[electronic resource] ] : learners of Japanese as a foreign language / / Haruko Minegishi Cook

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol ; ; Buffalo, : Multilingual Matters, c2008

ISBN

1-78892-052-X

1-281-87852-9

9786611878528

1-84769-102-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Collana

Second language acquisition ; ; 32

Disciplina

495.6/8007

Soggetti

Japanese language - Social aspects

Japanese language - Spoken Japanese

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-223) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1. Introduction: An Indexical Approach to Language and Language Socialization -- Chapter 2. Social Meaning and Indexicality -- Chapter 3. Functions of the Masu Form -- Chapter 4. Identity Construction Through Use of the Masu Form: JFL Learners and Host Families -- Chapter 5. Marked and Unmarked Uses of the Masu Form in the Homestay Context -- Chapter 6. Explicit Language Socialization: Socialization to Use Polite Language -- Chapter 7. Implications of the Study for L2 Pragmatics and Pedagogy -- Chapter 8. Conclusion -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing on the perspective of language socialization and a theory of indexicality, this book explores ways in which learners of Japanese as a foreign language and their Japanese host families socialize their identities through style shift between the masu and plain forms in a homestay context. Going beyond the usual assumption that the masu form is a polite speech marker, the book analyzes the masu form as an index of various social identities and activities. The book discusses both socialization through speech styles and socialization to use an appropriate speech style. Qualitative analysis of dinnertime



conversations demonstrates how learners are implicitly and explicitly socialized into the norms of style shift in Japanese in interaction with their host family members.