This article examined the intersection and interaction among positioning, communication
modes, and culture by taking positioning theory as a theoretical framework. Data were …

Stories are the basis of human knowledge, and our brains contain the cognitive mechanisms
to comprehend, remember, and tell stories (Schank & Abelson, 1995). It is beneficial to apply …

This current study reports three multilingual Chinese students' audience design strategies
on a populated Social Networking Site (SNS), WeChat. Considering the importance of …

Framed from positioning theory and dynamic systems theory, the paper reports on a
naturalistic study involving four Chinese participants and their American peers in an …

This article explores genres as recurrent acts of positioning that contribute to associating
particular positions with the genre users as social actors. As an illustration, the study …

This study investigates how local identities of Taiwan are discursively constructed and how
language ideologies concerning Chinese and English are manifested in the process in …

Abstract Language socialization is the process of using language to construct social events
and acquire language competence through socialization (Schieffelin & Ochs 1986a, 1986b …

Learning a language involves more than simply acquiring the basics of reading, speaking,
listening, and writing; interactions in social situations play an important role in the linguistic …

This study reanalyzes data collected during multimodal (synchronous voice and text-chat)
computer-mediated interaction between two English language learners, a Korean woman …

As China's signature policy to expand its global influence, the Belt and Road initiative (BRI)
incorporates plans to drastically increase the number of international students to study in …