Note passing as gendered practices of public ambiguity in a hyper‐masculine organization

This article explores a surprising and seemingly mundane organizational practice: passing notes during professional meetings. Based on 34 in‐depth interviews with women in a hyper‐masculine organization — the Israeli military — this study focuses on what I term gendered practices of public ambiguity. It demonstrates how these practices shed light on three interrelated paths to power at work: (i) practices of public intimacy between men; (ii) practices of women's degradation by men; and (iii) practices of recognition claims by women. The tension between the publicity inherent in the routine passing of notes and the ambiguity of their contents calls for a more nuanced theorization of gendered power practices, which transcends the accepted dichotomy of doing and undoing gender, reproducing or challenging the symbolic gender order. The findings show that gendered micro‐practices can become polysemic symbolic spaces in which women redirect the flow of power, if only temporarily and locally, and turn it into a multidirectional and multi‐agentic resource. The conceptual contribution of these findings is discussed in terms of the positioning of women in hyper‐masculine environments as pragmatic subjects who (re‐)construct mechanisms of power out of the restricted repertoire available to them.     

The practice of deliberative policy analysis in the context of political and cultural challenges: lessons from Thailand

ABSTRACT

This article draws upon insight from a study of those involved in introducing deliberative policy analysis in Thailand at the city scale and presents lessons for both policy practitioners and scholars. The design of each deliberative forum differed, depending on lessons learned from previous forums and the consensus that emerged as a result of deliberation amongst forum facilitators. The underlying principle of this kind of deliberative design is to make deliberative processes authentic, by avoiding coercion, inclusive, by engaging stakeholders who bring forth different ideas, and impactful. To make these forums more exciting, deliberative practices are often linked to other attractive discourses, such as those surrounding smart cities, creative spaces and inclusive development. The case of Thailand sheds light on emerging challenges involved in the practice of deliberative policy analysis in the context of both national political regimes that are not democracies and those in the East.     

汉语网络类成语的生成、流行机理与规范新探

通过多角度聚焦网络类成语,发现其较符合汉语共同语的语言学构造机理,“80后”“90后”网民主体的心理特征特别是建设性后现代主义的推动加剧了网络类成语的流行,且与社会文化有共变关系,体现出网络语言生活的“三活”状态。网络类成语一般会在语言系统规律的机制下优胜劣汰;规范的总原则是“有利于交际”,规范观的选择要有建设性：既有人文关怀,又不丧失社会责任感和文化传承使命感,还要有层次性;其未来的宏观发展趋势是：趋冷、流行、复活或集聚式新造。     

日朝关系的新动向及对东北亚局势的影响

2014年7月4日,朝鲜正式成立了由国防委员会特别授权的主要是针对“绑架日本人问题”的“特别调查委员会”,并开始启动对在朝鲜境内所有日本人的全面调查工作。同一天,日本首相安倍晋三则宣布解除了针对朝鲜的部分单边经济制裁作为积极回应。不过,日朝关系的一度趋热局面,至今仍然难以改变两国在东北亚地区深处外交困境的尴尬现实。日朝关系出现的诸多新变化,如果从冷战结束后日朝关系史的角度来考察,不过是两国处在与东北亚国家外交关系“寒冷”时期所采取的“抱团取暖”的应急性策略。日朝关系真正步入正常化阶段,尚需较长时日和更多的务实努力。     

京津冀协同发展背景下二语学习者语际语用能力提升策略研究

京津冀协同发展是近期华北地区的一个重要特点,这就意味着对科技人才的素质有了新的要求,对科技人才二语语际语用能力的要求也大大提高,而河北省大学生二语学习过程中的语际语用能力相对薄弱,缺乏竞争力;本文通过对在校大学生的语言策略培训,创造真实语言环境,改变传统课堂模式和教学内容,充分发挥学习者的潜力,提高语言应用能力和跨文化交际的能力,因而增强学习者的综合竞争力,以满足新的经济发展情况下对人才素质的要求。     

企业家演讲中的隐喻论证

隐喻性表达不仅可以使演讲变得形象生动，而且有时候会产生很强的劝说功能。在概念隐喻理论与图尔敏论证模型的基础上，从隐喻论证和语用论辩的角度，对企业家（以马云为例）演讲中所存在的隐喻性表达进行分析，探讨隐喻论证中的“反驳”要素，以及隐喻论证的劝说机制。     

被动语态在外贸函电中的应用及其语用功能

本文贸函电为例,从语用学的角度分析,被动语态有很多独特的语用功能。     

高校应用型计算机人才培养的实践教学研究——以琼州学院为例

以应用型人才培养为目标,说明了计算机课程实践环节的重要性,通过调整教学速度,达到增加学生学习兴趣的目的,通过对实践环节的重新设计,提高了学生的计算机基础实践能力,增加了校企合作环节,达到了培养的要求。     

模糊限制语与大学英语精读教学

大学英语精读课文中存在大量的模糊限制语，对学生理解文章起着非常重要的作用。从模糊限制语的概念与分类着手，分析模糊限制语在大学英语精读课文中的语用功能，旨在通过这些分析使教师及学生认识到模糊限制语在准确理解精读课文中的作用，以此体会课文的内涵，从而提高学生的阅读能力。     

刻意含混话语理解的认知语用视角

尝试互补性地使用心理空间理论和关联理论来探讨刻意含混话语的认知理解过程。心理空间理论能有效地展示刻意含混含有的语用用意的构建过程,而关联理论可为刻意含混表达的语用用意提供最佳关联解释。听话人通过语用推理,可较好地理解刻意含混话语的交际意图,使交际更加顺畅地进行。