African American speech community: culture, language ideology and social face -- Forms of speech: verbal styles, discourse and interaction -- Language norms and practices -- When women speak: how and ...

When we talk about civil discourse, we often hear that term as a call to discuss controversial topics with a level of tact and grace that dignifies and respects our conversational counterpart. We ...

Discourse Studies is a field that has been developing dynamically at the intersection of language and society. While discourse analysis is an established subfield within linguistics, discourse ...

Derek Gladwin receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and Canada First Research Excellence Fund in Canada. Kedrick James receives funding from the Social Sciences and ...