Languages and literature topic list of research papers
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Prosodic strengthening on the /s/-stop cluster and the phonetic implementation of an allophonic rule in English
Abstract This acoustic study investigates effects of boundary and prominence on the temporal structure of s#CV and #sCV in English, and on the phonetic implementation of the allophonic rule whereby a voiceless stop after /s/ becomes unaspirated....
2014 / Taehong Cho, Yoonjeong Lee, Sahyang Kim -
“A Profession which Infect Does not Exist!” Intercultural Mediators at German Speaking Primary Schools in South Tyrol
Abstract This paper looks at the role of intercultural mediators at German speaking primary schools in the South Tyrol of Italy. The main focus of research was contribution of “intercultural media gates” in overcoming the linguistic, cultural and...
2014 / Evi Agostini -
A Dimensional Characterisation of Word Order in Modern English Genres
Abstract As pointed out by Taavitsainen (2001: 141), we assume that genres or text types involve particular codifications of linguistic features and, in consequence, the choice of a given genre or text type affects the set of grammatical choices....
2013 / Ana Elina Martínez-Insua, Javier Pérez-Guerra -
Determination of University Students Motivation in EFL Classroom
Abstract This study investigates Turkish university students’ English language learning motivation and it seeks to find out the general belief about motivation during language learning process and whether it is crucial on second language...
2014 / Güliz Özütürk, Çiğdem Hürsen -
Application of Reading Data in an Integrated Learner Corpus
Abstract This study describes a learner corpus that includes linguistic data produced by learners of English as a foreign language (EFL learners) with respect to pronunciation, writing, listening, and reading. Among these four types of linguistic...
2013 / Katsunori Kotani, Takehiko Yoshimi, Hitoshi Isahara -
Language Learner Autonomy and Learning Contract: A Case Study of Language Majors of a University in Hong Kong2015 / Mable Chan
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On the Spanish-Moroccan Frontier: A Study in Ritual, Power and Ethnicity . HENK DRIESSEN2004 / KAREN LEONARD
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New Technologies in Higher Education – ICT Skills or Digital Literacy?
Abstract This study develops the argument that academic discourse may be seen as a feature of the discourse community within which it takes place. ‘Multiliteracies’, ‘Academic Literacies’, and ‘Digital Literacies’ with particular reference to EAP...
2014 / Richard Simpson, Olga A. Obdalova -
First Language Attrition: The Effects of Acculturation to the Host Culture
Abstract Language attrition studies have mainly focused on second language (L2) attrition (Bardovi-Harlig & Stringer, 2011; Gardner et al., 1987). It is only in the last three decades that attention has been paid to L1 attrition and this area of ...
2015 / Yolanda Ribes, Àngels Llanes -
The Effects of Color on the Moods of College Students2014 / S. Kurt, K. K. Osueke
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The Significance of Data-driven Descriptions of Forms in Explicit Grammar Instruction
Abstract Researchers have been acknowledging that explicit grammar instruction has a positive effect on learners’ attainment of higher language-proficiency levels and that it is an important piece of the language teaching puzzle. One major issue in...
2013 / M. Ali Bolgün -
Motivation, attitude, and language learning
Abstract Motivation and attitude provide primary impetus to initiate learning language 2 (hereafter L2) and later the driving force to sustain the long and often tedious learning process. Lack of attention to these factors can lead to inefficiencies ...
2011 / Nasser Oroujlou, Majid Vahedi -
Verb Tense Generation
Abstract Correct usage of verb tenses is important because they encode the temporal order of events in a text. However, tense systems vary from one language to another, and are difficult to master for machines and non-native speakers alike. We...
2011 / John Lee -
Variables as Resource in Separation Logic
Abstract Separation logic [Reynolds, J. C., Intuitionistic reasoning about shared mutable data structure, in: J. Davies, B. Roscoe and J. Woodcock, editors, Millennial Perspectives in Computer Science, Palgrave, 2000 pp. 303–321; Reynolds, J. C.,...
2006 / Richard Bornat, Cristiano Calcagno, Hongseok Yang -
Introduction: A Genreless Horror2015 / E. Brinkema
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Girls, Adolescence and the Impact of Bodily Changes: Family Dynamics and Social Definitions of the Female Body2005 / K. Flaake
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Hunting Reynard: How Reynard the Fox Tricked his Way into English and Dutch Children’s Literature2008 / Sanne Parlevliet
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Writer visibility and agreement / disagreement strategies in online asynchronous interaction: A learner corpus study
Abstract This paper investigates the language used by a group of Italian advanced EFL learners participating in a private online discussion forum with a group of American university students: using corpus analysis tools, all the contributions to the ...
2012 / Marta Guarda -
An Action Research: Using Videos for Teaching Grammar in an ESP Class
Abstract Teaching grammar is a process, which has been a problem for many language teachers around the world. Considering the results revealed in the previous studies, this problem places itself especially in English for Specific Purposes (ESP)...
2013 / Gülden İlin, Özge Kutlu, Abdurrahman Kutluay -
Mood and Modality in Modern English
Abstract The article focuses on correlation between mood and modality in Modern English. The relations between logical and linguistic modalities are discussed. The semantic scope of linguistic modality is established. The typology of language means...
2014 / Tamara N. Khomutova