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The portormin (dunbeath) runestone (2016)
Journal Article
Findell, M. (2016). The portormin (dunbeath) runestone. Futhark: International Journal of Runic Studies, 6, 153-170

A stone with a short runic inscription was discovered on the beach at Portormin Harbour in Dunbeath, Caithness, in 1996. The find attracted some press attention at the time, but has been largely ignored by the runological com­mu­nity amid doubts over... Read More about The portormin (dunbeath) runestone.

Emotional responses to irony and emoticons in written language: evidence from EDA and facial EMG (2016)
Journal Article
Thompson, D., Mackenzie, I. G., Leuthold, H., & Filik, R. (2016). Emotional responses to irony and emoticons in written language: evidence from EDA and facial EMG. Psychophysiology, 53(7), 1054-1062. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.12642

While the basic nature of irony is saying one thing and communicating the opposite, it may also serve additional social and emotional functions, such as projecting humour or anger. Emoticons often accompany irony in computer-mediated communication, a... Read More about Emotional responses to irony and emoticons in written language: evidence from EDA and facial EMG.

How gender-expectancy affects the processing of “them” (2016)
Journal Article
Doherty, A., & Conklin, K. (2016). How gender-expectancy affects the processing of “them”. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 70(4), 718-735. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2016.1154582

How sensitive is pronoun processing to expectancies based on real-world knowledge and language usage? The current study links research on the integration of gender stereotypes and number-mismatch to explore this question. It focuses on the use of the... Read More about How gender-expectancy affects the processing of “them”.

Using eye-tracking in applied linguistics and second language research (2016)
Journal Article
Conklin, K., & Pellicer-Sánchez, A. (2016). Using eye-tracking in applied linguistics and second language research. Second Language Research, 32(3), https://doi.org/10.1177/02676583166+37401

With eye-tracking technology the eye is thought to give researchers a window into the mind. Importantly, eye-tracking has significant advantages over traditional online processing measures: chiefly that it allows for more ‘natural’ processing as it d... Read More about Using eye-tracking in applied linguistics and second language research.

Double style (2016)
Journal Article
Sutherland, L. (2016). Double style

Sarcasm in written communication: emoticons are efficient markers of intention (2016)
Journal Article
Thompson, D., & Filik, R. (2016). Sarcasm in written communication: emoticons are efficient markers of intention. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 21(2), 105-120. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcc4.12156

Here we present two studies that investigate the use of emoticons in clarifying message intent. We look at sarcasm in particular, which can be especially hard to interpret correctly in written communication. In both studies, participants were require... Read More about Sarcasm in written communication: emoticons are efficient markers of intention.

“If a Muslim says ‘homo’, nothing gets done”: racist discourse and in-group identity construction in an LGBT youth group (2016)
Journal Article
Jones, L. (2016). “If a Muslim says ‘homo’, nothing gets done”: racist discourse and in-group identity construction in an LGBT youth group. Language in Society, 45(1), https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047404515000792

This article presents ethnographic data emerging from research with a group of LGBT young people, detailing the construction of a shared identity. Using discourse analysis, it shows how the group members position people of South Asian descent as a ho... Read More about “If a Muslim says ‘homo’, nothing gets done”: racist discourse and in-group identity construction in an LGBT youth group.

Found in translation: The Influence of the L1 on the Reading of Idioms in a L2 (2016)
Journal Article
Carrol, G., Conklin, K., & Gyllstad, H. (2016). Found in translation: The Influence of the L1 on the Reading of Idioms in a L2. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 38(3), 403-443. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0272263115000492

© 2016 Cambridge University Press. Formulaic language represents a challenge to even the most proficient of language learners. Evidence is mixed as to whether native and nonnative speakers process it in a fundamentally different way, whether exposure... Read More about Found in translation: The Influence of the L1 on the Reading of Idioms in a L2.

Simulated consultations: a sociolinguistic perspective (2016)
Journal Article
Atkins, S., Roberts, C., Hawthorne, K., & Greenhalgh, T. (2016). Simulated consultations: a sociolinguistic perspective. BMC Medical Education, 16(16), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-016-0535-2

Background Assessment of consulting skills using simulated patients is widespread in medical education. Most research into such assessment is sited in a statistical paradigm that focuses on psychometric properties or replicability of such tests. Equ... Read More about Simulated consultations: a sociolinguistic perspective.

Hacking the streets: ‘smart’ writing in the smart city (2016)
Journal Article
Jordan, S. (2016). Hacking the streets: ‘smart’ writing in the smart city. First Monday, 21(1), https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v21i1.5529

As cities become more complex and their communities more dispersed, questions such as ‘where is home? and ‘where and how do I belong?’ are increasingly pertinent. If urban space is a system, then it can be challenged through the spatial practice of i... Read More about Hacking the streets: ‘smart’ writing in the smart city.

Further letters of D.H. Lawrence (2016)
Journal Article
Worthen, J., & Harrison, A. (2016). Further letters of D.H. Lawrence

[Letters of D.H. Lawrence, edited and translated by John Worthen and Andrew Harrison.]