10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IMPERSONALISATION»
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impersonalisation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
impersonalisation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Cognitive Processing in Second Language Acquisition: Inside ...
The paper presents results of a case study on the use of strategies of
impersonalisation by Spanish university students in translation tasks into English
and Spanish of sentences involving defocusing of agency/cause. It is
hypothesized that ...
Martin Pütz, Laura Sicola, 2010
2
Opening Windows on Texts and Discourses of the Past
What is relevant in these two constructions is impersonalisation: it helps to create
indirectness which leads to politeness. By im- personalisation, we mean the
process by which the identity of the actor is not clearly identified. However, this ...
3
Transcendent Individual: Essays Toward a Literary and ...
And yet generalisation, 'impersonalisation', the conceiving, knowing and
phrasing of the world and its features in terms which deny or devalue the
individual, the particular and the personal in favour of the collective, the general,
the impersonal ...
4
The Analyzing Situation
Consequently, the delicate issue of the progressive and necessary
impersonalisation of the Superego is raised in a unilateral way. In fact, only a
radical impersonalisation would be a sign of the true destruction of the Oedipus
complex, ...
5
Texts and Practices: Readings in Critical Discourse Analysis
More generally, impersonalisation can have one or more of the following effects:
it can background the identity and/or role of social actors; it can lend impersonal
authority or force to an activity or quality of a social actor; and it can add positive ...
Carmen Rosa Caldas-Coulthard, Malcolm Coulthard, 2013
6
Literacy and the Politics of Representation
Generalising representations can make use of quantification and number and are
therefore especially relevant to this chapter. Van Leeuwen discusses the effects
of impersonalisation in textual strategies as follows: it can background identity ...
7
Discourse and Discrimination: Rhetorics of Racism and ...
'aggregation', 'impersonalisation', 'abstraction' and 'objectivation' (see also van
Dijk and Rojo 1997). The social actors' exclusion from or inclusion in the
linguistic representations can serve many different psychological, social or
political ...
Martin Reisigl, Ruth Wodak, 2005
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Corpora: Pragmatics and Discourse : Papers from the 29th ...
This, for instance, is an interesting strategy for the media to “maximize” the focus
on “what is novel” (Biber et al. 1999: 477). These two functions of the passive are
called “impersonalisation” and “topicalization” by Slewierska (1984: 218, 237).
Andreas H. Jucker, Daniel Schreier, Marianne Hundt, 2009
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Native-Speakerism in Japan: Intergroup Dynamics in Foreign ...
In addition to genericisation, the impersonalisation of NESTs has recently
received attention in the literature in TESOL. Breckenridge (2010) adopts van
Leeuwen's (1996) conceptual framework of role allocation and analyses how the
term ...
Stephanie Ann Houghton, Damian J. Rivers, 2013
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A Changing World of Words: Studies in English Historical ...
the identity of the agent can help to create more topicality on the active object, but
the impersonalisation puts more emphasis on making the subject identity
ambiguous. Topicality change may be a mere by-product. Finally, stativisation
refers to ...
Javier E. Díaz Vera, 2002
6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «IMPERSONALISATION»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
impersonalisation is used in the context of the following news items.
Anzac Day marks a century of failed foreign policy
Among the many paradoxes in Australia's romanticism about Gallipoli, one stands out – an example of the impersonalisation of war. «The Australian Financial Review, Apr 15»
Sharjah's 'Is it real policeman'? Tell the difference
Sharjah Police launched a campaign titled 'Is it real policeman', aimed at educating workers in industrial areas about impersonalisation. «Emirates 24/7, Mar 15»
Noël and Gertie (Frinton)
This is more than a clever impersonalisation; it's a moving one. With Helen Power as a strong-voiced and nimble-footed Gertie and with Steven ... «WhatsOnStage.com, Aug 14»
Revolution in Parliament: BYOD and cloud reaches the corridors of …
... on Parliamentary IT and the way in which PICT services are delivered – a shift from the personalisation of IT to the “impersonalisation” of IT. «Computing, Mar 14»
Showing the way
Professor Mohapatra is not in favour of the growing impersonalisation of relationships as is reflected by online teaching. “Nurturing, growing ... «The Hindu, Mar 13»
Tax computer says no...
Centralisation, computerisation and impersonalisation have progressed at an ever increasing rate. Yes, if one wants to reduce costs computers ... «Accountancy Age, Jul 11»
