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AbstractUsing the framework of Language Management Theory (LMT), this article seeks to analyze the ways in which non-native speakers negotiate their position in English-language online discussion forums. Based on the material collected from four discussion forums, competing opinions have been identified regarding the acceptability of "bad English" and the need for language management, i.e. acting upon a perceived lack of compliance to linguistic norms. Some users propose that compliance to communication norms should be enforced in a top-down manner or based on an explicit set of rules, whereas others hold that the community of users can deal with potential communication problems individually in an emergent manner. While the applicability of native speaker norms to the discussion forums is being questioned, non-native speakers, especially in practically oriented forums, tend to perform pre-interaction language management, using disclaimers in their posts, such as "Excuse my poor English", to avoid potential misunderstandings and to prevent native speaker norms from being applied to them. The article argues for the use of LMT in computer mediated communication research, as it offers a dynamic view of the process in which rules, conventions and norms of online communication are being continuously discussed, negotiated and applied.

IN THE TOTALITARIAN SYSTEM, LANGUAGE IS INTENDED TO BLUR RATHER THAN TO CLARIFY MEANINGS AND SEEKS TO DISPERSE, NOT TO CONCENTRATE, THOUGHT.

Intro -- Normativity in Language and Linguistics -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- Foreword -- Norms and normativity in language and linguistics: Basic concepts and contextualisation -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Concepts and terms -- 2.1 Norms in general -- 2.2 Rules and principles: Central features -- 3. A historical perspective -- 4. The present volume: Outline and contextualisation -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Concerning the scope of normativity -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Generalities -- 2.1 Truth as norm -- 2.2 On knowledge and belief -- 2.3 The dual nature of beliefs -- 2.4 Descriptive vs. prescriptive attitude vis-à-vis norms -- 3. Semantics -- 3.1 Necessary truth as the basis of philosophical/linguistic semantics -- 3.2 Necessary truth as an exemplification of normativity -- 3.3 Normativity prevails over psychology/cognition -- 3.4 Linguistic vs. cognitive semantics -- 4. Rational explanation -- 4.1 Definition -- 4.2 Justification in three different situations -- 4.2.1 No laws -- 4.2.2 Statistical laws -- 4.2.3 Universal (= deterministic) laws -- 4.3 Theoretical vs. practical reasoning -- 4.3.1 Two inverse types of inference -- 4.3.2 Sufficient vs. necessary conclusions of practical reasoning -- 4.4 Conclusion -- 5. The implicit normativity of everyday life -- 6. Epilogue -- References -- Norms of language: What kinds and where from? Insights from phenomenology -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Some basic concepts and insights of phenomenology -- 2.1 What is phenomenology? -- 2.2 Intentionality and intuition -- 2.3 Operative intentionality and embodied intersubjectivity -- 2.4 Life world, typification and sedimentation -- 2.5 Summary -- 3. Itkonen on language norms, accessible by intuitions -- 3.1 Norms of correctness and rationality -- 3.2 Intuitions and their objects.

In this bold new book, Jim Vernon develops the general theory of language implicitly contained in the writings of G.W.F. Hegel. Vernon offers novel readings of Hegel's central works in order to explain his views on some long neglected topics and as such demonstrates that his accounts of representation, the concept and the speculative sentence can be used to create sophisticated theories of language acquisition, universal grammar and linguistic practice. Hegel's defence of a scientific philosophy that is necessary and universal seems to eliminate the need for a philosophical linguistics. Since

The Politics of Visual Language is a fascinating and unique perspective on the whole process of political socialization; unique because previous studies in this field have assumed that all participants in the process can hear. This work studies those who cannot hear and, while it attempts an impartial assessment of all educational methodologies, will undoubtedly raise new questions within the Deaf community and beyond.

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This article introduces a special issue of the International Journal of the Sociology of Language focused on the topic of language medium, pervasive in the nations comprising South Asia. This introduction provides a brief overview of sociolinguistic scholarship on education in India and Sri Lanka, a short sketch of the phenomenon of language-medium schooling, a review of the articles included in the special issue, and a summary of the theoretical contributions of the articles.