Frisch erschienen in Heft 83 der Zeitschrift für Angewandte Linguistik:
"Metaphernanalyse in der multimodalen Kommunikation: Ein theoretisches Modell zur Analyse multimodaler Metaphern am Beispiel von Karikaturen " von Zhou (2025)
https://doi.org/10.1515/zfal-2025-2018 #OpenAccess #ZfAL #GAL #appliedlinguistics #AngewandteLinguistik
Metaphernanalyse in der multimodalen Kommunikation
Multimodal metaphor research has received significant attention in recent years, with numerous empirical studies examining metaphors across diverse genres. However, a comprehensive theoretical framework for the qualitative analysis of metaphors in multimodal communication is still lacking. By comparing theoretical approaches from social semiotics and cognitive linguistics, this study emphasizes the complementarity between these two theoretical perspectives and proposes the social semiotic integration model. The model suggests interpreting semiotic representations based on signs’ metafunctions in social semiotics and incorporates conceptual blending theory to explain the metaphors’ cognitive mechanisms. It also emphasizes the influence of pragmatic factors and relevant elements in the interpretation of semiotic representations. Using two editorial cartoons as case studies, the paper demonstrates how this model enhances metaphor analysis in multimodal contexts, leading to a deeper understanding of the text's overall meaning.
Frisch erschienen im Heft 83 der Zeitschrift für Angewandte Linguistik:
"Language attitudes across adolescence and adulthood: Evaluative judgement trajectories and significant life events as critical inflection points " von Wirtz (2025)
doi.org/10.1515/zfal-2025-2017
#OpenAccess #ZfAL #GAL #appliedlinguistics #AngewandteLinguistikFrisch erschienen im Heft 83 der Zeitschrift für Angewandte Linguistik:
"Mündlichkeit als threshold concept – metasprachliche Hinweise auf eine wissenschafts-/fachdidaktische Herausforderung" von Sacher (2025)
doi.org/10.1515/zfal-2025-2016
#OpenAccess #ZfAL #GAL #appliedlinguistics #AngewandteLinguistikFrisch erschienen im Heft 83 der Zeitschrift für Angewandte Linguistik:
"Mensch versus Natur? Zum Mensch-Wald-Verhältnis in der wirtschaftlichen Waldnutzung" von Rhein (2025)
doi.org/10.1515/zfal-2025-2015
#OpenAccess #ZfAL #GAL #appliedlinguistics #AngewandteLinguistikFrisch erschienen in Heft 83 der Zeitschrift für Angewandte Linguistik:
"Die deutschsprachige Rechtsterminologie Belgiens: Eine metalinguistische Studie zu Übersetzungsfragen des Terminologieausschusses"
von Liégeois und Bernaerts (2025)
https://doi.org/10.1515/zfal-2025-2014 #OpenAccess #ZfAL #GAL #appliedlinguistics #AngewandteLinguistikDie deutschsprachige Rechtsterminologie Belgiens
In Belgium, the ‘Commission of the German-speaking Community for German legal terminology’ plays an important role in the development of a proper “Belgian-German” legal language. It is responsible for translating federal legislative terminology into German. As such, it guards both the internal (within Belgium) and external (with other German-speaking legal systems) terminological consistency and enhances the quality of legal translations. However, empirical data on the problems that the Commission encounters and the strategies employed to overcome these are currently lacking. Without such insights, the Commission – which faces a substantial workload – will have difficulties optimising its current translation policy. To this end, this paper looks at working documents provided by the Commission which contain problematic terminological issues the Commission needed to resolve. This study analyses (i) which problems the Commission encountered, (ii) which (legal) sources it solicited, and (iii) which solutions it proposed. Results show that the Commission faces a variety of recurring problems, yet can maintain a consistent translation policy. More challenging, however, are the limited extent to which the Commission considers European legislation and the need to further explore the pragmatic dimension (readability, textual cohesion, plain language) of legislative language.
Frisch erschienen in Heft 83 der ZfAL:
"The Politicization of Linguistic Representations of Age: On the Argumentative Relevance of Age in (Municipal) Political Citizen Participation Formats " von Hofius, Börner und Gebhard (2025)
https://doi.org/10.1515/zfal-2025-2013 #OpenAccess #ZfAL #GAL #appliedlinguistics #AngewandteLinguistikThe Politicization of Linguistic Representations of Age: On the Argumentative Relevance of Age in (Municipal) Political Citizen Participation Formats
This article presents the results of a linguistic study designed to investigate how and for what purpose age is systematically made relevant in (municipal) political communication formats, older age is politicized, and how representations of age are popularized. On the basis of three recorded video excerpts of political speeches and statements, it is shown to what extent age references or representations are negotiated by the participants to achieve certain communicative goals. Among other things, deficits with regard to a lack of consideration of vulnerable groups are denounced by political agents alike. This kind of portrayal has the potential to be face-threatening for the mayors and city administrations involved. In this article, however, it is not about communication in old age, but about communication and popularization of old age in political speeches and statements.
In Heft 82 der ZfAL erschienen:
"Lebensereignisse im Bildungsbereich als Erklärung für individuellen Sprachwandel" von Wirtz & Vergeiner
https://doi.org/10.1515/zfal-2025-2006 #OpenAccess #ZfAL #GAL #appliedlinguisticsLebensereignisse im Bildungsbereich als Erklärung für individuellen Sprachwandel
Major life events (MLEs) in the educational domain such as graduating school or beginning a new degree set an important course for each individual’s life. However, the impact of such MLEs on patterns of individual-level language change across the lifespan, and how their impact may vary among individuals, is far from clear. In this article, we thus demonstrate the variation in patterns of individual-level perceived linguistic change affected by educational MLEs (i. e., graduating school, beginning a new degree, graduating university) among 181 Austrian participants with first language German. Our goal is to both quantitatively and qualitatively investigate which constellation of individual differences in event experiences and other psychosocial factors are associated with differences in reported individual-level linguistic change following educational MLEs. Bayesian modeling indicated that gender and proficiency in nonstandard varieties were particularly predictive of individual-level linguistic change. Qualitative analysis revealed a blended operation of socio-affective and language biography-related factors being associated with educational MLE-related change in the sociolinguistic repertoire.
In Heft 82 der ZfAL erschienen:
"Würzburger Thesen zur Angewandten Sprachwissenschaft" von Schulz & Schwebler (und Kommentaren einer Reihe weiterer angewandter Sprachwissenschaftler:innen)
https://doi.org/10.1515/zfal-2025-2005 #OpenAccess #ZfAL #GAL #appliedlinguisticsWürzburger Thesen zur Angewandten Sprachwissenschaft
Applied Linguistics is Linguistics Plus: Compared to non-applied linguistic research, applied linguistics is characterized by a socially cooperative approach that focuses on linguistic and language-related problems and problem areas, a solution-oriented research design, networking with the outside world, and special application skills of the researchers.This is the conclusion of the conference “Applied and Applicable Linguistics – A Position Determination,” held in Würzburg in December 2023. The conference responded to an observation that can be made from a review of theoretical discussions of applied linguistics, but also from observing applied linguistic practice, for example at the conferences of the Gesellschaft für Angewandte Linguistik e. V.: Despite various attempts to define it, there are currently very different views of what applied linguistics is, what specific features characterise it and how it can be delineated from other areas or methodologies of linguistics. This normally causes no issue when, for example, negotiating different positions and a broad research discourse that promotes science – in practice, however, it makes it more difficult for applied linguistics to be perceived and recognised as a discipline in the research landscape and in society. Colleagues working in higher education as well as other sectors often point out the negative consequences for interdisciplinary cooperation, the acquisition of funding or the recruitment of early career researchers. The aim of the conference was therefore to discuss and clarify how applied linguistics is currently defined in German-speaking research practice and, at the same time, to outline a vision for the future ideally sparking further discussion. The focus was not on narrowing discourse, but rather on promoting discourse. The results of the conference are presented here in the form of theses, individually commented on by conference participants. They are intended as a starting point for further programmatic discussion.
In Heft 82 der ZfAL erschienen:
"Mehrebenenannotation argumentativer Lerner*innentexte für die automatische Textauswertung" von Kilsbach et al.
https://doi.org/10.1515/zfal-2025-2003 #OpenAccess #ZfAL #GAL #appliedlinguisticsMehrebenenannotation argumentativer Lerner*innentexte für die automatische Textauswertung
This article presents a multi-level annotation approach for argumentative learner texts that was developed as part of an interdisciplinary DFG project. The project aims at the automated generation of individualized, development-promoting and learner-sensitive feedback on argumentative student texts and is situated in the field of AI-supported text production. To generate automated feedback, the first step was to manually annotate an extensive text corpus consisting of 1,320 argumentative texts written by fifth and ninth graders. This then formed the basis for the development of corresponding computational linguistic procedures. The article focuses on the special features as well as the challenges that arose in connection with the annotation of learner texts and the generation of learner-sensitive feedback. The article is structured as follows: First, the relevant computational linguistics and language didactics research findings and digital support systems for argumentative writing are outlined. In the main part, the procedure of multi-level annotation is explained in detail. Due to the methodological approach, above-average inter-annotator agreement was achieved resulting in the multi-level approach implemented being adaptable for further corpus-based studies. Finally, the results are interpreted and discussed.
In Heft 82 der ZfAL erschienen:
"Explikationen als Mittel der Verstehenssicherung in Arzt-Patienten-Gesprächen in der Onkologie"
von Victoria Fedorovskaya und Wolfgang Imo
https://doi.org/10.1515/zfal-2025-2002 #OpenAccess #ZfAL #GAL #appliedlinguisticsExplikationen als Mittel der Verstehens-sicherung in Arzt-Patienten-Gesprächen in der Onkologie
So far, much research has been done on practices of explaining and their functions both in informal and institutional settings. Explanations are used to ensure shared understanding and to provide for intersubjectivity. While explanations are typically larger structures, there also exists a small form, the explication, which is mainly used to clarify items on a word level. Originating in philosophy, where explications are the format used to give an exact meaning of a technical term, they are also used regularly in everyday settings. Here, they work in both directions, as explications in everyday terms of a technical expression or as explications of an everyday expression in terms of a technical one. On the basis of German and Russian oncological doctor-patient-interactions, all instances of explications are extracted and classified into different formal and functional groups.
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