Languages and literature topic list of research papers
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Corpus Methods for Descriptive Translation Studies
Abstract Over the last 20 years corpus resources and tools have considerably affected translation research and practice. This paper focuses on the intersection of corpus linguistics and descriptive translation studies. It first provides an overview...
2013 / Federico Zanettin -
Cannabinoid Regulation of Brain Reward Processing with an Emphasis on the Role of CB1 Receptors: A Step Back into the Future2014 / George Panagis, Brian Mackey, Styliani Vlachou
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Language Endangerment and Linguistic Rights in the Himalayas: A Case Study from Nepal2006 / Mark Turin
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Chopin's Désirée's Baby and its Translation into Turkish: A Stylistic Approach
Abstract This study aims to explore Kate Chopin's short story Désirée's Baby and its translation into Turkish with regards to the author's use of stylistic devices such as irony, tone and foreshadowing which contributed much to the development of...
2014 / Pelin Şulha -
The categories of Modern Irish verbal inflection2014 / PAOLO ACQUAVIVA
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The Ideal ‘Native Speaker’ Teacher: Negotiating Authenticity and Legitimacy in the Language Classroom2014 / Angela Creese, Adrian Blackledge, Jaspreet Kaur Takhi
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Associations between university students’ beliefs and their learning strategy use
Abstract This study aimed at describing Iranian University EFL learners’ beliefs about language learning and exploring how such beliefs might affect the deployment of different cognitive, meta-cognitive, social, and affective language learning...
2010 / Abbas Zare-ee -
Shared Logical Form or Shared Metaphysics? In search of Corpus-derived Empathy in Stylistics
Abstract The paper presents a corpus stylistics view on empathy, seen as a mechanism of sharing textual meaning that subsists between authors and their readers. After a brief mention of the relevant developments in psychology and empirical...
2015 / Bill Louw, Marija Milojkovic -
A Critical Analysis of Speech Acts and Language Functions in Top Notch Series
Abstract This study intends to analyse the conversation sections of Top Notch 1 textbook from the pragmatic viewpoint of language functions and speech acts. Out of the 10 units of the book 10 conversations were randomly selected and the two...
2014 / Mohammadreza Kohandani, Nima Farzaneh, Mahmood Kazemi -
A Glimpse into E-Mail Dialogue Journal Writing (EDJW) and Writing Anxiety among Gifted Learners
Abstract Writing is often seen as a difficult, complex cognitive task that can be anxiety producing for many individuals including the gifted learners. Those who possess high aptitude and talent (DeMent, 2009) could also face challenges in excelling ...
2014 / Anna Florence Thevasigamoney, Melor Md. Yunus -
Exploring the Use of Metaphor in Communication of Contemporary Physics
Abstract The paper deals with the role of analogical and metaphorical thinking in the public communication of contemporary physics. We focus on the cognitive aspects: how to disseminate complicated formal physical concepts to a non-professional...
2014 / Gabriele Ceroni -
Overcoming the First Language Taboo to Enhance Learning a Foreign Language
Abstract One of the most controversial issues in foreign language teaching and learning over many years has been the role of the mother tongue. In fact, many educators have tried to completely eliminate L1 from the foreign language classroom....
2013 / Mark Kelleher -
The NCM and the Reprogramming of Latent Phonological Systems: A Bilingual Approach to the Teaching of English Sounds to Spanish Students
Abstract In this paper I intend to present theoretical support and guidelines for the design of a Native Cardinality Method for the teaching of L2 vowels and consonants to adult students, especially adapted to the teaching of English in Spanish...
2014 / Enrique Cámara-Arenas -
Attitude and Identity Categorizations: A Corpus-based Study of Gender Representation
Abstract “Identity is performatively constituted by the very “expressions” that are said to be its results” (Butler 1998: 25). This study examines verbal expressions of gender identities in online personal ads by Malaysian adults. This paper focuses ...
2014 / Kesumawati A. Bakar -
A small azide-modified thiazole-based reporter molecule for fluorescence and mass spectrometric detection2014 / Stefanie Wolfram, Hendryk Würfel, Stefanie H Habenicht, Christine Lembke, Phillipp Richter, et al.
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Historical Chinese politeness and rhetoric. A case study of epistolary refusals2015 / Dániel Z. Kádár
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On the Plural Forms of Nouns in German Compared to Macedonian Language
Abstract This study is intended to serve as a guide to teachers of German who are teaching German as a foreign language and as a second language, by contrasting the grammatical structures of contemporary German and Macedonian language. This study is ...
2015 / Biljana Ivanovska -
“In this paper I will discuss…”: Current trends in academic writing
Abstract Corpus-based genre analysis studies not only describe the lexico-grammatical, discoursal and rhetorical features of academic writing in various disciplines but also reveal how these features change over time. In this respect, findings...
2010 / E. Eda Işık Taş -
Evaluating Writing in English as a Second Language
Abstract The aim of this paper is to discuss a few approaches to the evaluation of writing, their advantages and disadvantages in detail and accompanied them with practical examples based on teacher's experience in running a Course of Academic...
2011 / Blanka Frydrychova Klimova -
Ultrametric Distance in Syntax2015 / Mark D. Roberts