Lawrence Williams

List of John Benjamins publications for which Lawrence Williams plays a role.

Title

Electronic Discourse in Language Learning and Language Teaching

Edited by Lee B. Abraham and Lawrence Williams

[Language Learning & Language Teaching, 25] 2009. x, 346 pp.
Subjects Applied linguistics | Discourse studies | Language acquisition | Language teaching | Pragmatics
This chapter explores a number of issues related to analyzing second language (L2) sociopragmatic variation in a corpus of classroom-based synchronous computer-mediated discourse (SCMD) from a variationist sociolinguistic perspective. Building on our previous work in this area, we examine variation… read more
Abraham, Lee B. and Lawrence Williams 2009 The discussion forum as a component of a technology-enhanced Integrated Performance AssessmentElectronic Discourse in Language Learning and Language Teaching, Abraham, Lee B. and Lawrence Williams (eds.), pp. 319–344 | Article
This chapter explores the use of online discussion forums as a component of an Integrated Performance Assessment (IPA) (Adair-Hauck, Glisan, Koda, Swender, & Sandrock, 2006; Glisan, Uribe, & Adair-Hauck, 2007) within a (foreign) language curriculum. First, we examine the linguistic, discursive, and… read more
Abraham, Lee B. and Lawrence Williams 2009 Introduction: Analyzing and exploring electronic discourseElectronic Discourse in Language Learning and Language Teaching, Abraham, Lee B. and Lawrence Williams (eds.), pp. 1–8 | Article
Blattner, Géraldine and Lawrence Williams 2009 Linguistic and social dimensions of French-language discussion forumsElectronic Discourse in Language Learning and Language Teaching, Abraham, Lee B. and Lawrence Williams (eds.), pp. 263–290 | Article
This study explores selected linguistic and social dimensions of 20 French-language discussion forums in order to provide teachers and learners of French with an overview of this relatively new type of online communication space. Although the discussion forum is an older type of computer-mediated… read more
The analysis in the present study examines the variable use of ne in 2,459 tokens of verbal negation from a corpus of electronic French discourse including moderated chat, non-moderated chat, and discussion fora. These data from computer-mediated communication (CMC) environments were analyzed in… read more
Williams, Lawrence 2009 Navigating and interpreting hypertext in French: New literacies and new challengesElectronic Discourse in Language Learning and Language Teaching, Abraham, Lee B. and Lawrence Williams (eds.), pp. 43–64 | Article
As a point of departure for exploring the challenges of reading and interpreting digital texts, this chapter provides an analysis of the use of the French second-person pronouns tu and vous in French-language hypertext. The results of this study suggest that fundamental differences (e.g.,… read more