http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/ The University of Queensland en Fez http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:70858 2007-08-14T11:57:38Z Yuichi, M. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:70861 2007-08-14T11:57:42Z Yuichi, M. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:70863 2007-08-14T11:57:44Z Yuichi, M. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:70866 2007-08-14T11:57:46Z Yuichi, M. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:70868 2007-08-14T11:57:48Z Yuichi, M. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:70860 2007-08-14T11:57:40Z Yuichi, M. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:77082 2007-08-15T06:52:48Z Roberts, R. A. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:73725 The social history of a language or variety, and its emergence, consolidation and stabiliza tion, allow us to combine the formal data of the language (principally its sound structure, grammar and lexis) with the external conditions in which they have evolved. The advance of Australian English in terms of its differentiation (Kloss's abstand) and elaboration of roles (Kloss's ausbau) pose problems of chronology, periodization, description and expla nation. This paper extends the conventional scope of abstand and ausbau to the analysis of the social history of Australian English. It argues that two factors are central to the emerging identification of Australian English: creativity, in the sense of morphological innovation, especially here in diminutives like reffo ('refugee') and pollie ('politician'); and in ludicity, defined as a deep-rooted playfulness with language. While these character istics are only part of the overall dynamics of the social history of Australian English, the evidence is sufficiently extensive to warrant further investigation. An earlier version of this paper was given at the Mitchell Symposium at Macquarie University on 26 April 2002 under the title ‘E pluribus plures? Diversity and integrity in Australian English’. I am grateful to members of the Symposium, and to two anonymous reviewers, for valuable comments and criticism 2007-08-15T04:48:29Z Sussex, Roland http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:96433 2007-08-24T00:33:10Z Pedersen, M. og Purchase, H. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:82463 2007-08-15T10:22:59Z Low, M. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:143318 2008-06-10T14:12:02Z Nagata, Y. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:120654 2007-12-14T09:27:16Z Iwashita, N. og Grove, E. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:7704 The present study identifies the major stylistic characteristics of the fiction of Kawabata Yasunari and Mishima Yukio. The analysis is primarily based on quantitative data derived from computational analysis. A secondary goal of the research is to generate a computational model suitable for the analysis of all Japanese literary texts. According to Yasumoto Yoshinori's study in 1965, Kawabata and Mishima share few common stylistic features, and therefore their writing styles should show some distinct stylistic contrasts. The focus of the present study is to explore these stylistic contrasts. Only a small percentage of these studies have dealt with linguistic features of Kawabata and Mishima, and even these have not been based on an objective analysis of all the related data. To my knowledge no other researchers have conducted an intensive statistical investigation of their styles. To address the limitations of the past studies I conducted an intensive corpus linguistic analysis of the works by Kawabata and Mishima, and attempt a literary stylistic interpretation of our collected statistical data. All the selected stylistic indicators I examined have revealed the characteristics of the writing styles of Kawabata and Mishima to varying extents. I have identified three levels of indicators of writing styles. The findings of our quantitative study have provided concrete evidence to contribute towards an objective assessment of the style of Kawabata and Mishima. The computational model established in the present research can also be used to analyse Japanese literary texts. 2006-12-04T00:00:00Z Tomatsu, Reiko http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:78139 2007-08-15T07:31:35Z Lee, Dongbae http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:82277 2007-08-15T10:15:48Z Ko, L http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:79139 2007-08-15T08:10:19Z Kim, H og Yu, K. og Sussex, R. D. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:74461 The discourse of 'flow' and 'circulation' has a great deal of currency in globalisation study, and is utterly naturalised in many works. Without entering into arguments about the extent of globalisation as a force and a structure in the world, this paper resists the notion that 'flow' is the only or best way to characterise whatever globalising effects we live with. Instead, we propose the ancient figure of translation, which entails a notion of halt in the transit it produces. Taking as a case study the Kransky Sisters' 'World Tour to New Caledonia' to appear at the 'Festival “Femmes Funk”' in 2002, we demonstrate the role of both interlingual and cultural translation, construed as exercises involving stops, in enabling the successful performance of a cultural crossing of the Coral Sea. 2007-08-15T05:15:20Z Macdonald, A. og Warren, J. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:140060 2008-06-10T11:12:20Z Uchiyama, A. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:72803 2007-08-15T04:20:25Z Rolin-Ianziti, Jeanne http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:82459 2007-08-15T10:22:50Z Kato, K http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:136619 2008-04-29T13:57:45Z Kato, K. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:145405 2008-06-10T15:56:26Z Caldwell, N. P. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:98208 2007-08-24T01:48:13Z Pedersen, M. J. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:141484 2008-06-10T12:30:00Z Poacher, J. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:147737 2008-06-06T13:48:38Z Lynch, P. J. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:71502 2007-08-15T03:56:22Z Pohlman, A. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:64373 2007-08-14T19:06:53Z Lo Bianco, J. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:67504 Amongst the opportunities for cross-cultural contact created by the burgeoning use of the Internet are those provided by electronic discussion lists. This study looks at what happens when language students venture out of the classroom (virtual or otherwise) to participate in on-line discussion groups with native speakers. Responses to messages and commentary by moderators and other participants on the (in) appropriateness of contributions allow us to determine what constitutes successful participation and to make suggestions regarding effective teaching strategies for this medium. A case study examines the threads started by four anglophone students of French when they post messages to a forum on the Web site of the French newspaper Le Monde. Investigation of these examples points to the ways in which electronic discussion inflects and is inflected by cultural and generic expectations. We suggest that successful participation on Internet fora depends on awareness of such cultural and generic mores and an ability to work within and/or with them. Teachers therefore need to find ways in which students can be sensitized to such issues so that their participation in such electronic discussion is no longer seen as linguistic training, but as engagement with a cultural practice. 2007-08-15T02:44:28Z De Nooy, Juliana. og Hanna, Barbara E. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:185453 2009-11-06T09:55:42Z Hainge, Greg http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:146205 2008-06-06T11:48:05Z Wakabayashi, J. F. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:71317 2007-08-14T12:13:52Z Hainge, Greg. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:151161 2008-06-06T17:04:07Z Bond, F. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:136625 2008-04-29T14:23:14Z Kato, K. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:63907 2007-08-14T18:48:50Z Martinez Exposito, A. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:71805 2007-08-14T12:22:58Z Martinez Exposito, A. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:65825 In this paper we investigate the concepts of 'face' and 'politeness'. We introduce a metalanguage which we believe is a framework for simplifying the analysis of 'face' and 'politeness'. This metalanguage is based on the observation that both 'face' and 'politeness' involve external evaluations of people. This common element is represented in the metalanguage as B what A shows A thinks of B and what B thinks A thinks of B. The implications of the metalanguage for the analysis of Chinese mian and lion ('face') and English face are then discussed. This is followed by an analysis of examples of politeness in English and teineisa ('politeness') in Japanese. We conclude that the metalanguage may be further developed for use in comparisons of 'face' and 'politeness' across cultures. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. 2007-08-15T01:43:00Z Haugh, Michael og Hinze, Carl http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:151173 2008-06-06T17:04:45Z Bond, F. og Baldwin, T. og Hutchinson, B. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:136613 2008-04-29T13:29:48Z Lee, D-B http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:82279 2007-08-15T10:15:52Z Lee, D http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:65494 By examining Japanese fictional novels, this article will discuss how anaphoric devices (noun phrases (NPs), third person pronouns (TPPs), and zero anaphors) are selected and arranged in a given discourse. The traditional view of anaphora considers the co-referential relationship between anaphoric devices to be syntagmatic; that is, a pronoun, for example, refers back to its antecedent. It also declares the hierarchical order of information values between anaphoric devices; NPs are semantically the most informative, indicating an episode boundary, and pronouns less informative. Furthermore, zero anaphora is the most referentially transparent, showing the most accessibility of a topic. However, real text shows the contrary. NPs occur frequently while there is no apparent discourse boundary, and the same episode is continuous. This is because zero anaphors and TPPs (if they occur) break down readily due to the nature of a forthcoming sentence and the NP is reinstated, in order to continue the same topic in a given discourse. Therefore, the article opposes the traditional view of anaphora. Based on the concept of text processing, using ‘mental representations’, this article will determine certain occurrence patterns of the three anaphoric devices. 2007-08-15T01:30:18Z Obana, Y. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:141570 2008-06-10T12:36:33Z Jones, D. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:175535 This paper re-examines the controversy surrounding Lu Xun's lecture tour in Hong Kong in 1927, and provides circumstantial evidence to support the argument that one of Lu Xun's lectures was censored before its publication in a Chinese newspaper in Hong Kong. The paper also examines the possibility of self-censorship of Chinese newspapers in Hong Kong and its decision not to publish Lu Xun's second lecture. 2009-04-14T16:01:33Z Cheung, C. og Li Tao http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:175551 This article discusses the influence of Lu Xun's lectures in Hong Kong and questions the view that there was an organised disruption to Lu Xun's second lecture. 2009-04-14T16:19:59Z Cheung, C. og Li Tao http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:67070 The aim of this study was to investigate whether peptides from the extracellular loops of the tight junction protein occludin could be used as a new principle for tight junction modulation. Peptides of 4 to 47 amino acids in length and covering the two extracellular loops of the tight junction protein occludin were synthesized, and their effect on the tight junction permeability in Caco-2 cells was investigated using [C-14] mannitol as a paracellular marker. Lipopeptide derivatives of one of the active occludin peptides (OPs), synthesized by adding a lipoamino acid containing 14 carbon atoms (C-14-) to the N terminus of the peptide, were also investigated. Peptides corresponding to the N terminus of the first extracellular loop of occludin increased the permeability of the tight junctions without causing short-term toxicity. However, the peptides had an effect only when added to the basolateral side of the cells, which could be partly explained by degradation by apical peptidases and aggregate formation. By contrast, the lipopeptide C-14-OP90-103, which protects the peptide from degradation and aggregation, displayed a rapid apical effect. The L- and D-diastereomers of C-14-OP90-103 had distinctly different effects. The D-isomer, which releases intact OP90-103 from the lipoamino acid, displayed a rapid and transient increase in tight junction permeability. The L- isomer, which releases OP90-103 more rapidly, gave a more sustained increase in tight junction permeability. In conclusion, C-14-OP90-103 represents a prototype of a new class of tight junction modulators that act on the extracellular domains of tight junction proteins. 2007-08-15T02:28:38Z Tavelin, S. og Hashimoto, K. og Malkinson, J. og Lazorova, L. og Toth, I. og Artursson, P. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:136013 2008-04-22T15:54:28Z MacRae, G. og Putra, I Nyoman Darma http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:75242 2007-08-15T05:43:58Z Brown, A og Iwashita, N. og McNamara, T http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:7724 This paper argues that the 'nostalgia' that the Anglo-Indian community exhibits in the telling of its (hi)stories can be seen as functioning to (re)claim India as homeland. The Anglo-Indians are the Indian-European minority community of India whose origins and history is inextricably interwoven with the politics of colonial India. Within the framework of post-independence Indian thought, the Community has been alienated from embodying the national identity and is made to feel unhomely. In his book Long-distance Nationalism Zlatko Skrbis defines nostalgia as 'a painful condition related to the homeland (Gr. nostos means 'to return home' and algia, 'a painful condition' (41). Roberta Rubenstein, in her book Home Matters, also describes nostalgia as a temporal separation (4). The recent nostalgic writings produced by the Anglo-Indian community remember, idealise and pine for the colonial past - a time when the Anglo-Indian community felt a sense of belonging in India. Some historians claim that nostalgia is 'perhaps the most dangerous ... of all the ways of using history' because it glosses 'over the past's iniquities and indignities'. However, Rubenstein points out that nostalgia can also 'fix' the past and recover it in 'narrative terms' (6). With this insight, I will argue that via nostalgic writing the Anglo-Indian community can revisit, and hence reclaim, India as home. 2006-12-01T00:00:00Z D'Costa, A. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:69508 2007-08-14T11:25:48Z Khoo, T. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:145600 2008-06-10T16:08:36Z Woodhouse, R. H. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:100827 2007-08-23T19:46:06Z Pedersen, M. J. og Eades, D. og Amin, S.K. og Prakash, L.