John Gibbons

List of John Benjamins publications in which John Gibbons is involved.

Dimensions of Forensic Linguistics

Edited by John Gibbons and M. Teresa Turell

This volume functions as a guide to the multidisciplinary nature of Forensic Linguistics understood in its broadest sense as the interface between language and the law. It seeks to address the links in this relatively young field between theory, method and data, without neglecting the need for new… read more

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

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

This volume contains selected papers from the Eight World Congress of Applied Linguistics held in Sydney in 1987. Volume I starts off with an overview of the field by G. Richard Tucker in which he identifies two areas: innovative language education and language education policy. The overal focus of… read more

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

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

This volume contains selected papers from the Eight World Congress of Applied Linguistics held in Sydney in 1987. Whereas the focus of Volume I is on learning language and the standpoint of the individual learner, the contributions to Volume II are concerned not so much with individuals as with… read more

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

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

This two-volume collection brings together papers first presented at the AILA Congress in 1987. In volume I, the overall focus is on the individual language learner, and how that individual develops a command of a language (first or second) in home and classroom settings. The papers in the second… read more

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

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