Languages and literature topic list of research papers
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On the rationality of Case
Abstract Case marking has long resisted rationalization in terms of language-external systems of cognition, representing a classical illustration in the generative tradition for an apparently purely ‘formal’ or ‘syntactic’ aspect of grammatical...
2014 / Wolfram Hinzen -
Incidental Focus on Form in an EFL Talk-show Class
Abstract Most of the recent studies on incidental focus on form in EFL contexts have been conducted in textbook-based EFL classes where opportunities for meaning-based interaction and communicative negotiation of ideas were limited in length and...
2014 / Bita Asadi, Javad Gholami -
Language Purism and Cross-cultural Penetration of Gastronomic Lexicon into the Kazakh Language
Abstract One of the attributes of monolingual policy is linguistic purism with its active impact on a language and the processes with the view of an ideal image of language. In such an ideal language, first of all foreign words are exposed to...
2014 / Ismailova Nurgul, Suleimenova Eleonora, Kulichenko Yuliya -
An Analysis of the Grammatical and Pragmatic Values of Seem in the C19th Section of the Corpus of English Philosophy Texts
Abstract This paper examines the functions of seem in the Corpus of English Philosophy Texts (CEPhiT), a sub-corpus of the Coruña Corpus. The study focuses on the several meanings of this verb with respect to the contexts in which it is embedded....
2013 / Francisco Alonso-Almeida -
Teaching Absurd Literature–A Pragmatic Approach to Ionesco's Transgressive Dramatic Discourse: The Conversational Maxims
Abstract This paper aims to present a rhetorical-pragmatic approach to Eugène Ionesco's plays in order to be used when teaching a theatre of the absurd course at university level. Students often feel confused when studying absurd literature as they...
2013 / Adriana Lazăr -
The Role of the L1 as a Scaffolding Tool in the EFL Reading Classroom
Abstract The role of the students’ mother tongue (L1) in the ESL/EFL classroom has been an on-going debate recently. A monolingual approach suggests that the use of the target language solely in L2 classroom increases the learning of the target...
2014 / Abdullah Bhooth, Hazita Azman, Kemboja Ismail -
Content and communication: How can peer review provide helpful feedback about the writing?2009 / Karen Shashok
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The effect of conceptual change texts on eliminating the misconceptions of K5 students’ alternative views about the birds
Abstract The purpose of the study is to examine effect of conceptual change texts used by the 5th grade students in science and technology courses on eliminating misconception about class of vertebrate birds.. Data for the study of which its sample...
2011 / Pınar Ural Keleş, Salih Çepni, Süleyman Aydin, Mehmet Akif Haşıloğlu -
Stereotyping in Foreign Language Education
Abstract I was discouraged in my return to the foreign language classroom as an adult, and even more so when I began to teach English as a foreign language. The same type of materials and teaching methods were routine procedure, and in my...
2012 / Kimberly Anne Brooks-Lewis -
ZUR GENETIK VON PHASEOLUS VULGARIS: XIII. EIN NEUES GRUNDGEN FÜR TESTAFARBEN, EIN WEITERES TESTAFARBGEN SOWIE ETWAS ÜBER BLÜTENFARBEN2010 / HERBERT LAMPRECHT
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Over Vlaams-Nederlandse woordenboeken2014 / Stanisław Prędota
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Stance Marking and Register in Middle English Charms2009 / Francisco Alonso-Almeida
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Pomegranate Protection against Cardiovascular Diseases2012 / Michael Aviram, Mira Rosenblat
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Bare coordination: the semantic shift2014 / Bert Le Bruyn, Henriëtte de Swart
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Access to Universal Grammar in Adult Second Language Acquisition
Abstract This paper discusses the different views on the availability of UG principles in language acquisition of adult second language learners, and summarizes some of the evidence for or against each position. One important issue in current...
2014 / Ali Akbar Khomeijani Farahani, Ali Gholami Mehrdad, Mohammad Reza Ahghar -
In pursuit of rigour and accountability in participatory design
Abstract The field of Participatory Design (PD) has greatly diversified and we see a broad spectrum of approaches and methodologies emerging. However, to foster its role in designing future interactive technologies, a discussion about accountability ...
2014 / Christopher Frauenberger, Judith Good, Geraldine Fitzpatrick, Ole Sejer Iversen -
Reply to Sealey and Carter on Realism and Language2013 / Dave Elder-Vass
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The effect of cartoon movies on children's gender development
Abstract Cartoon movies which are necessary sources of fun for children also have educational aspects. Innocent display of cartoons which give many subtle messages include various negativities. One of these negativities is related with the...
2010 / Armağan Gökçearslan -
Feature Inheritance, vP Phases and the Information Structure of Small Clauses2013 / Ángel L. Jiménez-Fernández, Vassilios Spyropoulos
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How to Raise Cultural Awareness Through Teaching Translation
Abstract As a dual act of communication which presupposes the existence of two distinct codes, the source language and the target language, translation reflects the relation between these two codes depending on their respective linguistic and...
2012 / Camelia Petrescu