John Gibbons

List of John Benjamins publications for which John Gibbons plays a role.

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Dimensions of Forensic Linguistics

Edited by John Gibbons and M. Teresa Turell

[AILA Applied Linguistics Series, 5] 2008. vi, 316 pp.

Subjects Applied linguistics | Discourse studies | Forensic & legal linguistics | Pragmatics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology

Learning, Keeping and Using Language: Selected papers from the Eighth World Congress of Applied Linguistics, Sydney, 16–21 August 1987. Volume 1

Edited by M.A.K. Halliday †, John Gibbons and Howard Nicholas

[Not in series, LKUL 1] 1990. xx, 508 pp.

Subjects Language acquisition | Psycholinguistics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology

Learning, Keeping and Using Language: Selected papers from the Eighth World Congress of Applied Linguistics, Sydney, 16–21 August 1987. Volume 2

Edited by M.A.K. Halliday †, John Gibbons and Howard Nicholas

[Not in series, LKUL 2] 1990. xvi, 488 pp.

Subjects Language acquisition | Psycholinguistics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology

Learning, Keeping and Using Language: Selected papers from the Eighth World Congress of Applied Linguistics, Sydney, 16–21 August 1987. 2 Volumes (set)

Edited by M.A.K. Halliday †, John Gibbons and Howard Nicholas

[Not in series, LKUL S] 1990. xx, 508 + xvi, 488 pp.

Subjects Language acquisition | Psycholinguistics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology

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Gibbons, John and Miriam Akoto 2023 Chapter 9. Use of digital technologies for collaborative writing L2 Collaborative Writing in Diverse Learning Contexts, Li, Mimi and Meixiu Zhang (eds.), pp. 202–228 | Chapter

This chapter provides a brief overview of current technologies for collaborative writing. We begin by sharing the distinctive features of three commonly used platforms in computer-mediated collaborative writing (i.e., Google Docs, wikis, and Etherpad) which have been found to offer L2 learners a… read more

Leung, Ester S.M. and John Gibbons 2011 Interpreting Cantonese utterance-final particles in bilingual courtroom discourse Interpreting Chinese, Interpreting China, Setton, Robin (ed.), pp. 81–105 | Article

Leung, Ester S.M. and John Gibbons 2009 Interpreting Cantonese utterance-final particles in bilingual courtroom discourse China and Chinese, Setton, Robin (ed.), pp. 190–215 | Article

This paper examines an unusual feature of spoken Cantonese — the utterance-final particle — to see how it is deployed and rendered by interpreters in courtroom discourse. The data is based on five rape trials heard in the Hong Kong courtrooms. It is a known fact that different participants in the… read more

Gibbons, John 2008 Questioning in common law criminal courts Dimensions of Forensic Linguistics, Gibbons, John and M. Teresa Turell (eds.), pp. 115–130 | Article

Questions in everyday discourse consist of a situated exchange in which the questioner and answerer are in a roughly symmetrical relationship in which each is entitled to request information from the other. Questioners typically do not have the information that they are requesting. The answerer is… read more

Gibbons, John 2008 Mitigation on the minibus: Politeness as variable Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 18:2, pp. 157–165 | Article

One well documented aspect of politeness is that speakers, when making requests, often try to avoid the appearance of imposing on the other person. There is some evidence that the degree of politeness is affected by socio-demographic variables such as age, sex and SES. This paper is a small scale… read more

Gibbons, John and M. Teresa Turell 2008 Introduction Dimensions of Forensic Linguistics, Gibbons, John and M. Teresa Turell (eds.), pp. 1–4 | Miscellaneous

Gibbons, John 1999 Register Aspects of Literacy in Spanish Written Language & Literacy 2:1, pp. 63–88 | Article

Spanish academic register is here explored in terms of M. A. K. Halliday's concepts of Mode, Field, and Tenor. It is found that striking differences between everyday Spanish and academic Spanish are related to the intrinsic nature of literacy and to academic uses of language. Important aspects of… read more

Gibbons, John 1994 Depth or breadth? some issues in lote teaching Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 17:1, pp. 1–22 | Article

The prevailing pattern of second language instruction in NSW schools is one in which the available time is distributed across several languages (a ‘breadth’ approach). With the impending introduction of second languages into many primary schools, a window of opportunity has opened: if all the… read more

Bettoni, Camilla and John Gibbons 1987 Italian speakers in Australia: Creative in practice but traditional in attitudes Italian in Australia: Applied linguistics, Bettoni, Camilla (ed.), pp. 66–80 | Article

Gibbons, John 1986 Courtroom application of second language acquisition research Volume 3, McNamara, Tim F. (ed.), pp. 131–133 | Article