Languages and literature topic list of research papers
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Perfect usage across languages2016 / Henriëtte de Swart
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Exploring the Local Grammar of Evaluation: The Case of Adjectival Patterns in American and Italian Judicial Discourse2014 / Gianluca Pontrandolfo, Stanisław Goźdź-Roszkowski
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Ma'A Lexicon and Afro-Asiatic IV: Ma'A ŝ-2010 / Gábor Takács
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Translation/Interpretation and Language Consciousness in Dynamic Synchrony: Mental Boundaries of a Language (on Example of the Russian Language in Moscow)
Abstract The first part of the issue deals with actual need for a new dynamic non-structuralist language model in globalization era; two psycholinguistic concepts are being considered: associative-verbal net and language consciousness. The second...
2016 / Alla V. Kirilina -
Morphology in the Muskogean languages2016 / Colleen M. Fitzgerald
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L2 English Academic Speaking Development: Insights from a Multilingual University Context
Abstract Little is known about the development of second language (L2) capacities in L2 users located in multilingual environments where more than one language is a viable communication tool and users can decide which to use for which purpose....
2016 / Nicole Baumgarten -
Cultural responsiveness in EFL teaching: reflections from native instructors2016 / H. Ibrahim Cinarbas, Rabia Hos
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Language Policy in Switzerland2016 / Elżbieta Kużelewska
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On the Grammar of Referential Dependence2016 / Wolfram Hinzen
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Sociocultural Specificity of Discourse: The Interpretive Approach to Language Use
Abstract In discussions of the relation between language use and culture, it is often assumed that discourse construction reflects ethnic identities and patterns of behavior of its representatives. In the article, however, it is argued that...
2016 / Nikolay N. Boldyrev, Olga G. Dubrovskaya -
Considering a Socio-cognitive Approach in the Compiling of a Linguistics Dictionary
Abstract The paper presents research into multilingual students’ needs that may as well determine the design of a linguistics dictionary. The underlying research question is what degree of linguistic awareness of the linguistics metalanguage resides ...
2016 / Magdaléna Bilá, Alena Kačmárová, Ingrida Vaňková -
The Influence of American English on the Mastery of English as a Foreign Language among Some Students in Kaduna, Nigeria
Abstract The mastery of English language in Nigeria is an imperative for obvious reasons being that it is the language of governance, official language of communication, and transition to tertiary level education among others. The English Language...
2016 / Agnes Ada Okpe, Martha Ada Onjewu -
Converses and Antonyms in Translation
Abstract Semanticists have already proven that antonyms and converses are two distinct types of sense relations. However, even recent studies make little distinction between the two, with the term antonym being used for both (e.g. Jones, 2002). The...
2016 / Nijolė Maskaliūnienė -
Acknowledgement to Reviewers 20162016 /
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IRE: A Hypothesis or a Theory?
Abstract The paper addresses the issue of Russian English as a world variety used within such multicultural domain as Instagram which is an on-line social networking service. Building on an earlier idea, the paper puts forward a hypothesis regarding ...
2016 / Irina Lebedeva -
English as a Meaning-making Resource in Russian-based Professional Communication
Abstract The paper examines how English is used by Russian speakers to convey various meanings and how these meanings are linked to language ideologies circulating in contemporary Russia. Discourse analysis and ethnographic methods (interviews and...
2016 / Elena S. Gritsenko -
English in South Korea: Two Sides of the Same Coin
Abstract This paper examines two tendencies in the use of the English language in South Korea. On the one hand, English is actively used in many spheres of Korean society. Koreans feel free in creating lexical innovations using English material for...
2016 / Yulia Fayzrakhmanova -
Global English-related Digraphia and Roman-Cyrillic Biscriptal Practices
Abstract This paper deals with the new sociolinguistic phenomenon of global English-related digraphia, or the use of the Roman script, commonly associated with English, to represent local languages alongside the native scripts. In non-English...
2016 / Alexandra Rivlina -
Improving Turkish EFL Learners Writing Accuracy: Effects of Written Languaging and Languaging Type
Abstract Languaging is the use of language to mediate cognitively demanding/complex activities (Swain, 2010, p.565). Many research studies have been conducted on the effects of languaging on language learning since its introduction to the...
2016 / Maide Yılmaz -
Grammatical Expression of Impersonality in LSP Texts and Translations
Abstract This article is focused on grammatical means for rendering an impersonal style in translation of scientific texts. The purpose of the study is to apply corpus linguistics research method and obtain the evidence on the actual use and...
2016 / Natalja Cigankova