Associate Professor Marisa Cordella
Honorary Associate Professor
School of Languages and Cultures
Publications
Books
Cordella, Marisa and Poiani, Aldo (2021). Fulfilling ageing: psychosocial and communicative perspectives on ageing. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-60071-6
Cordella, Marisa and Poiani, Aldo (2014). Behavioural oncology: psychological, communicative and social dimensions. New York, NY, USA: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4614-9605-2
Cordella, Marisa (2004). The dynamic consultation : a discourse analytical study of doctor-patient communication. Amsterdam , Netherlands: John Benjamins Publishing.
Book Chapters
Díaz, Adriana, Cordella, Marisa and Ramos, Fabiane (2021). Resistance to monoligualism: school principals and head of languages’ voices on factors that promote and deter languages education in Queensland, Australia. Language learning in Anglophone countries: challenges, practices, ways forward. (pp. 485-502) edited by Ursula Lanvers, Amy S. Thompson and Martin East. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-56654-8_24
Cordella, Marisa and Huang, Hui (2016). Introduction. Rethinking second language learning: using intergenerational community resources. (pp. xix-xxv) edited by Marisa Cordella and Hui Huang. Bristol, United Kingdom: Multilingual Matters.
Cordella, Marisa (2016). The immigrant potential: multiculturalism, language skills and community resources. Rethinking second language learning: using intergenerational community resources. (pp. 3-24) edited by Marisa Cordella and Hui Huang. Bristol, United Kingdom: Multilingual Matters. doi: 10.21832/9781783095414-006
Lambert, Brigitte and Cordella, Marisa (2016). The migration experience and the ethos of self. Rethinking second language learning: using intergenerational community resources. (pp. 66-84) edited by Marisa Cordella and Hui Huang. Bristol, United Kingdom: Multilingual Matters. doi: 10.21832/9781783095414-010
Huang, Hui and Cordella, Marisa (2016). Community resources on our doorstep: language learning in action. Rethinking second language learning: using intergenerational community resources. (pp. 37-48) edited by Marisa Cordella and Hui Huang. Bristol, United Kingdom: Multilingual Matters. doi: 10.21832/9781783095414-008
Cordella, Marisa and Huang, Hui (2016). Introduction: Rethinking second language learning : using intergenerational community resources. Rethinking second language learning : using intergenerational community resources. (pp. XIX-XXV) edited by Marisa Cordella and Hui Huang. Bristol, United Kingdom: Multilingual Matters.
Cordella, Marisa and Kokubu, Cecilia (2016). Creating, maintaining and challenging rapport across languages and age groups. Rethinking second language learning: using intergenerational community resources. (pp. 110-148) edited by Marisa Cordella and Hui Huang. Bristol, United Kingdom: Multilingual Matters/Channel View Publications.
Huang, Hui, Cordella, Marisa, Browning, Colette and Baumgartner, Ramona (2016). An innovative model for second language learning and social inclusion. Rethinking second language learning: using intergenerational community resources. (pp. 226-237) edited by Marisa Cordella and Hui Huang. Bristol, United Kingdom: Multilingual Matters.
Cordella, Marisa (2016). Taking a stance: older native speakers with young language learners. Rethinking second language learning: using intergenerational community resources. (pp. 51-65) edited by Marisa Cordella and Hui Huang. Bristol, United Kingdom: Multilingual Matters.
Cordella, Marisa (2015). Poetry in translation. Three suns I saw: a life in letters. (pp. 491-492) edited by Ulrike Fischer. Brisbane, Australia: Boolarong Press.
Huang, Hui and Cordella, Marisa (2015). Community resources and a new model of teaching and learning of Chinese language. Chinese research and international communications. (pp. 527-539) edited by Q. Chen, Y. Wu and J. Ye. Shanghai, China: East China Normal University Press.
Cordella, Marisa and Huang, Hui (2015). L1 and L2 Chinese, German and Spanish speakers in action: Stancetaking in intergenerational and intercultural encounters. Challenging the monolingual mindset. (pp. 97-112) edited by John Hajek and Yvette Slaughter. Bristol, England, United Kingdom: Multilingual Matters.
Willoughby, Louisa, Musgrave, Simon, Cordella, Marisa and Bradshaw, Julie (2014). Being heard: the role of family members in bilingual medical consultations. Intersections: applied linguistics as a meeting place. (pp. 22-42) edited by Elke Stracke. Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Cordella, Marisa (2011). Overcoming Language and Cultural Differences in Medical Encounters: The Use of a Language and Culture Training Course (LACT) in Educating IMGs in Australia. English language and the medical profession : instructing and assessing the communication skills of international physicians. (pp. 175-210) edited by Barbara J. Hoekje and Sara M. Tipton. Bingley, U.K: Emerald Group Publishing. doi: 10.1163/9781780523859_010
Cordella, Marisa (2007). 'No, no I haven't been taking it doctor': noncompliance, face-saving and face-threatening acts in medical consultations. Research on politeness in the Spanish-speaking world. (pp. 191-212) edited by Maria Elena Placencia and Carmen Garcia-Fernandez. Mahwah NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Journal Articles
Díaz, Adriana R., Fillmore, Naomi and Cordella, Marisa (2023). The (im)possibility of breaking the cycle of rippling circularities affecting Australian language education programs: a Queensland example. Language Learning in Higher Education, 13 (1), 29-49. doi: 10.1515/cercles-2023-2002
Diaz, Adriana Raquel, Cordella, Marisa, Disbray, Samantha, Hanna, Barbara E. and Mikhaylova, Anna (2021). Reframing and hospicing mobility in higher education: challenges and possibilities. Intercultural Communication Education, 4 (1), 106-121. doi: 10.29140/ice.v4.n1.449
Rojas-Lizana, Sol and Cordella, Marisa (2020). Ageing in a foreign land: Stressors and coping strategies in the discourse of older adult Spanish speakers in Australia. Transitions: Journal of Transient Migration, 4 (1), 5-23. doi: 10.1386/tjtm_00010_1
Cordella, Marisa and Rojas-Lizana, Sol (2019). Aging and migration: the value of familism for Spanish speakers. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 35 (1), 99-109. doi: 10.1007/s10823-019-09389-1
Huang, Hui and Cordella, Marisa (2017). Utilising local community resources for Chinese cultural learning: An intercultural interaction model. Babel, 51 (3), 24-34.
Cordella, Marisa and Thornton, Loren (2014). Language learning at the doorstep of schools: community resources. Catalyst, Spring, 28-31.
Clyne, Michael, Cordella, Marisa, Schupbach, Doris and Maher, Brigid (2013). Connecting younger second-language learners and older bilinguals: interconnectedness and social inclusion. International Journal of Multilingualism, 10 (4), 375-393-375-393. doi: 10.1080/14790718.2013.832120
Cordella, Marisa (2012). Negotiating religious beliefs in a medical setting. Journal of Religion and Health, 51 (3), 837-853. doi: 10.1007/s10943-010-9393-0
Normand-Marconnet, Nadine and Cordella, Marisa (2012). Spanish and French foreign learners' blogging experience: motivation and attitude. JALT CALL Journal, 8 (1), 3-16. doi: 10.29140/jaltcall.v8n1.130
Cordella, Marisa, Radermacher, Harriet, Huang, Hui, Browning, Colette J., Baumgartner, Ramona, de Soysa, Tiasha and Feldman, Susan (2012). Intergenerational and intercultural encounters: connecting students and older people through language learning. Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, 10 (1), 80-85. doi: 10.1080/15350770.2012.646536
Cordella, Marisa (2011). A triangle that may work well: Looking through the angles of a three-way exchange in cancer medical encounters. Discourse and Communication, 5 (4), 337-353. doi: 10.1177/1750481311418100
Paredes, Katie and Cordella, Marisa (2011). Leading the way and showing affiliation: participatory roles in a semi-structured narrative interview. Revista de Linguistica y Lenguas Aplicadas, 6 (3), 275-288. doi: 10.4995/rlyla.2011.908
Cordella, Marisa (2011). Enfrentándose al cáncer en compañía: el rol del familiar en la consulta oncológica. Discurso and Sociedad, 5 (3), 470-490.
Cordella, Marisa and Musgrave, Simon (2009). Oral communication skills of international medical graduates: Assessing empathy in discourse. Communication and Medicine, 6 (2), 129-142. doi: 10.1558/cam.v6i2.129
Cordella, Marisa (2008). Two experts and one patient: Managing medical practices and religious beliefs. Monash University Linguistics Papers, 6 (1), 19-28.
Cordella, Marisa and Spike, Neil (2008). Working toward a better communication between international medical graduates and their patients in Victoria. Health Issues, 96 (Spring), 28-29.
Cordella, Marisa (2007). Unveiling stories to the oncologist: a matter of sharing and healing. Panacea, 8 (26), 230-238.
Cordella, Marisa (2007). Subtitling the film 'The children of Russia': enhancing understanding through a series of linguistic transformations. IC: Revista Cientifica de Informacion y Comunicacion, 1 (4), 78-87.
Egan, Georgia and Cordella, Marisa (2006). Las madres de la Plaza de Mayo: Prensa, ideologia y resistencia. Spanish in Context, 3 (2), 255-271. doi: 10.1075/sic.3.2.05ega
Cordella, Marisa (2006). Discourse analysis and the subtitles of documentaries: the case of The Children of Russia. Odisea, 7, 77-88.
Cordella, Marisa (2004). You know doctor, I need to tell you something: a discourse analytical study of patients' voices in the medical consultation. Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 27 (2), 92-109.
Cordella, Marisa (2003). En el corazon del debate: el analisis del discurso en la representacion de las voces medicas. Oralia, 6 (1), 147-168.
Cordella, Marisa (2002). La interaccion medico-paciente en escrutinio: un estudio de sociolinguistica interaccional. Onomazein, 1 (7), 117-144.
Mascitti-Meuter, Monita and Cordella, Marisa (1999). CALICO Software Review. Español En Marcha: self-study Spanish course. CALICO Journal, 16 (4), 624-634.
Cordella, Marisa (1999). Medical discourse in a Hispanic environment: power and simpatia under examination. Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 22 (2), 35-50.
Forbes, Katie and Cordella, Marisa (1999). The role of gender in Chilean argumentative discourse. International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 37 (4), 277-290. doi: 10.1515/iral.1999.37.4.277
Cordella, Marisa and Forbes, Katie (1998). Discourse control and leadership in Spanish conflict talk. Onomazein, 1 (3), 45-61.
Cordella, Marisa (1996). Confrontational style in Spanish arguments: pragmatics and teaching outlook. Language, Culture and Curriculum, 9 (2), 148-162. doi: 10.1080/07908319609525226
Cordella, Marisa, Large, Heather and Pardo, Veronica (1995). Complimenting behaviour in Australian English and Spanish speech. Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 14 (3), 235-252. doi: 10.1515/mult.1995.14.3.235
Cordella, Marisa (1992). Travels, cultures and speech acts: a pragmatics study in apology. Ken Garrad Working Papers in Hispanic Studies, 1 (2), 1-23.
Cordella, Marisa (1991). Spanish speakers apologizing in English: a cross-cultural pragmatic study. Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 14 (2), 115-138.
Cordella, Marisa (1990). Apologizing in Chilean Spanish and Australian English: a cross-cultural perspective. Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, S (7), 66-92.
Conference Papers
Cordella, Marisa and Normand-Marconnet, Nadine (2012). Enhancing motivation for writing in a foreign language: Blogging in Spanish and French. LCNAU: Language and Cultures Network for Australian Universities Inaugural Colloquium 2011, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 26-28 September, 2011. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Language and Cultures Network for Australian Universities.
Mistica, Meladel, Baldwin, Timothy, Cordella, Marisa and Musgrave, Simon (2008). Applying discourse analysis and data mining methods to spoken OSCE assessments. 22nd International Conference on Computational Linguistics, Stroudsberg, PA, United States, 18-22 August 2008. Manchester, United Kingdom: Association for Computational Linguistics.
Research Reports
Cordella, Marisa (2013). Connecting classroom 2 community (CC2C) secondary project: Report to ISQ. St. Lucia, QLD, Australia: School of Languages and Comparative Cultural Studies, The University of Queensland.