Infant nonhuman primates, particularly Old World monkeys and apes, typically interact with a number of different types of conspecifics on a daily basis. The interactants range from mothers and matrilineally related kin to unrelated adult females and males. In addition, a variety of different behavior patterns can occur. An infant can be the object of extremely solicitous and nurturing behavior,...

The authors report on data indicating that having a strong sense of meaning in life makes people more appealing social interactants. In Study 1, participants were videotaped while conversing with a friend, and the interactions were subsequently rated by independent evaluators. Participants who had reported a strong sense of meaning in life were rated as desirable friends. In Study 2, participan...

Abstract Metapragmatic comments are crucial in lawyers’ attempts at managing legal advice communication with asylum seekers. Drawing on linguistic-ethnographic fieldwork the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium, this paper aims to demonstrate how/when/why textual features which tell interactants how interpret ongoing speech used context lawyer-client field immigration law. The data analysis reveals l...

Abstract This paper examines text formulations in the interaction between peers primary school during dialogic reading, inquiry learning settings. In this context pupils collaboratively use information from texts to answer their research questions. The data analyzed include 25 excerpts of demonstrating understanding text. We used Conversation Analysis analyze how demonstrate by formulations, as...

This politeness study aimed to investigate the different strategies or face-saving acts of teachers as they engaged in casual conversations. utilized discourse analysis research method identifying face-savings exhibited from samples The researcher analysed linguistic corpora using Brown and Levinsons Politeness Theory. Data showed that interactants observed use positive such as: By intensifying...

Abstract Online information seekers often do not actively post or engage in interactions with others, inviting research on how passive users of online communities benefit from the they see. Based social identity model deindividuation effects (SIDE) and theory, we proposed tested idea that observers a supportive interaction could relate to observed support seeker based their shared gender and, t...

Assessment constitutes an essential dimension of learning and in teletandem interactions inasmuch as it helps interactants to verify indications language development the achievement goals. In this paper I review computer-aided assessment (CAA) foreign with a focus on data from partnership Teletandem Brazil Project: languages for all. draw literature CAA, latter defined any type activity which c...

Abstract This study investigates the use of progressives with mental verbs in courtroom talk and shows a range subjective meanings which are not delivered by simple form. Looking at data from British libel trial, it explores patterned co-occurrences first-person subjects vs. second- third-person subjects, revealing both emphatic, polite interpretative uses analyzed items. In addition, context-s...

Abstract Surface plasmon resonance-based biosensors have been extensively applied to the characterization of binding kinetics between purified (bio)molecules, thanks robust data analysis techniques. However, for solutions containing multiple interactants is still at its infancy. We here present two algorithms (1) reliable and accurate determination kinetic parameters N different ratios in mixtu...

Abstract This paper explores disagreement practice in political discourse, specifically the under explored public inquiry communicative event and more select-committee hearing . We revisit earlier work on theorising to expand our understanding of its contextual nature, particularly relation making ideology. Public inquiries combine characteristics professional meetings with discourse. They are ...