Bundled or unbundled? A multi-text corpus-assisted discourse analysis of the relationship between teaching and research in UK universities

Creating and disseminating knowledge through research and teaching has long been regarded as the hallmark of the modern university. However, new university business models have called into question the ‘bundling’ of teaching and research, and sustained research on the relationship between teaching and research has found little evidence of an insoluble connection between the two activities. In this article, we explore the relationship between teaching and research from the perspective of universities’ institutional discourse. We use corpus-assisted discourse analysis to examine the relationship between research and teaching as presented in two sets of institutional texts currently influential in UK Higher Education: Research Excellence Framework environment statements and Teaching Excellence Framework provider submissions (a total of 2143 documents and 12,492,071 words). Our findings show that, while universities emphasise the value of research to their teaching, they do not always emphasise (or sometimes even decry) the influence of teaching on their research. We empirically evidence that, according to what universities themselves write in institutional texts, teaching and research are not always in a mutually beneficial entanglement, but often rather a one-way relationship in which research expertise and institutional prestige are used to bolster claims of teaching excellence. This has implications for the communication of both the vision and the purpose of a university in regulatory exercises and wider policy, but also speaks to the broader idea and practice of being a university in the twenty-first century.     

Olfaction and emotion: The quest for olfactory restoration in two speech communities

ABSTRACT

Olfaction has been described as one of the least studied of the senses. This has certainly proven true in Communication. This project applies Ethnography of Communication and Cultural Discourse Analysis to examine the role that olfaction plays in the cultural meaning systems of two speech communities: residents surrounding the Gowanus Canal and bereaved parents. The cultural hub used to explore the cultural significance of olfaction in both speech communities is feeling. The analyses illustrate how emotions are tied to associated sensations and further become activated through radiants of dwelling, relating and acting. The analysis also shows how olfaction may serve to unify and separate members of a community. The significance of this research encourages stretching the boundaries of communication studies by examining the less studied physical senses and the boundaries of Cultural Discourse Analysis by providing distinctions that others can incorporate when examining feelings.     

体育教育专业学生英语学习方式调查研究

报告了对沈阳体育学院体育教育专业学生外语学习方式倾向的调查研究,并以问卷为研究工具。运用定量研究方法,分析了个体差异如性别、外语水平等对学生学习方式倾向的影响。结果显示学生喜欢多种外语学习方式,外语成绩优、差学生6种学习方式均无显著差异,男生比女生更喜欢听觉学习,女生比男生更喜欢视觉学习。据此提出外语教师应根据学生的认知特点灵活运用各种教学方式,并指导学生调整和扩展多种学习风格以促进教与学的协调发展。     

Tall Stories: The Metaphorical Nature of Everyday Talk

This article questions some popular cultural assumptions about the nature of everyday discourse. It claims that such discourse is in fact richly metaphorical and that, through the operation of metaphor, we fictionalise ourselves as we talk. Because literary writing has dominated our culture and curriculum, English teachers have not been encouraged to explore an aspect of language that is at the core of how we think and behave.     

“with+复合结构”的语篇意义探析

文章通过对“with+复合结构”外延逻辑关系的分析,认为该结构的语篇意义在于能调动读者的成像、感应、直觉等心理机能,让读者深深体味到英语语言的魅力之所在。     

网络传播媒介对当代美术批评方法论的拓展

从建构传统美术批评体系中的批评家与批评话语权之间的关系入手,就当下社会生活中的网络传播媒介对传统美术批评体系的解构现象进行了初步探讨,并从网络美术批评语言的重构、批评话语权的平民化方式、批评的学理完整性和依据以及批评的思维方式等方面对当代美术批评方法论的拓展进行了思考性阐述。     

从武术自身特性视角思考武术的推广模式

通过对武术本身特性及发展情况的研究,为武术在21世纪的发展提出了四种推广模式,即竞技武术推广模式、传统武术推广模式、武术职业化和商业化推广模式、武术养生健身推广模式。     

对新规则下直拍进攻型打法发展趋势的研究

直拍进攻型打法曾经是我国乒坛的主流打法,由于缺乏创新,在近10多年一直不太景气.但是,直拍进攻型打法有其特定的优势,具有很强的抗争能力,只要创新技术、加强实力,就能登上世界乒坛的最高峰;诚然,它自身的确也存在着很多问题,加上11分赛制和无遮挡发球的实行,必定会给这种打法带来一些影响(正负双方面).因此,在新形势下对直拍进攻型打法进行进一步的深入剖析和探讨,成为我国乒坛亟待解决的课题.通过对世界优秀男子直拍进攻型打法选手的技战术进行统计与分析,并走访乒乓界权威人士和有关专家,对新规则带来的一些问题和该打法今后的发展趋势进行深入分析与探讨,为进一步提高我国直拍进攻型打法的技术水平提供科学理论和参考依据.     

大学生生活方式及健康状况研究

当代大学生是本世纪初、中期的主要生力军,也是社会不同领域中各层次人才的主要来源.通过对高校大学生形态、机能、血红蛋白测试及从睡眠、视力、锻炼等生活方式的问卷调查,发现我院男大学生血红蛋白指数较高,营养状况较好,同时,还发现睡眠时间不够充分、近视患病率高等一些影响健康的不利因素.     

万县案与《怒吼吧,中国!》意义溯源

<怒吼吧,中国!>一剧是20世纪20年代中期英苏之间的矛盾尖锐化的产物,反映的是苏联对以英国为核心的帝国主义联盟的担忧.由于该剧的情节和此后发生的万县案相似,剧作被国内批评家认定为是万县案的写照,并逐步强化了两者间的联系.在这一过程中,史实被人们忽略,反帝话语的影响力则显露无遗,一个秉承苏联官方政治意图的剧作最终被改造为中华民族觉醒的预言.