Languages and literature topic list of research papers
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Teaching linguistic politeness: A methodological proposal2006 / Patricia Bou-Franch, Pilar Garcés-Conejos
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The comparison of parental involvement for German language learning and the academic success of the students
Abstract The paper discusses the relationship between parental involvement in English language teacher trainees’ learning German as a second foreign language and trainees’ academic success in German. To this end, a questionnaire, which examines the...
2009 / Eda Ustunel -
Non-native Pre-service English Language Teachers Achieving Intelligibility in English: Focus on Lexical and Sentential Stress
Abstract The aim of this paper is to discuss the importance of ‘intelligible pronunciation’ Turkish pre-service English language teachers may need to develop as to both lexical and sentential stress patterns in English prior to their professional...
2013 / Recep Şahin Arslan -
Developing a Profile of Workplace Written Communication
Abstract This paper reports on our study to determine the expectations of employers in respect of graduating students’ written communication. Our study is guided by two research questions: (i) what criteria do employers adopt in evaluating written...
2013 / Anie Attan, Abdul Halim Abdul Raof, Masputeriah Hamzah, Khairi Izwan Abdullah, Noor Abidah Mohd Omar -
Using Pantuns in Greetings as a Tool to Promote Learners’ use of Metacognitive Strategies in Online ESL Learning
Abstract Metacognitive strategies are tools in developing students” ability to become autonomous. Pantuns raised learners awareness in the creative use of the language. The study aims (i) to find out if pantuns help learners to use the language...
2013 / Pauziah Mat Hassan, Nur Huslinda Che Mat, Nor Sukor Ali -
Titanic : Consuming the Myths and Meanings of an Ambiguous Brand2013 / Stephen Brown, Pierre McDonagh, Clifford J. Shultz
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Subjective Intersections in the Face of the Machine: Gender, Race, Class and PCs in the Home2005 / H. Kennedy
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Recast or Prompt: Which One Does the Trick?
Abstract The purpose of the present study was to explore if providing recast and prompt would have different effects on the grammatical development of Iranian learners of English. In other words, the study investigated the effect of corrective...
2014 / Manoochehr Jafarigohar, Abdullah Gharbavi -
Boekbespreking: Bloemendal, Jan & Frans-Willem Korsten (red.), Joost van den Vondel (1587- 1679): Dutch playwright in the Golden Age2014 / Eddy Verbaan
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Corpus Analysis and Register Variation: A Field in Need of an Update
Abstract This study reviews the development of research on register variation (RV) over the last century to the present, emphasizing the influence of corpus analyses on its greatest advances and also on its major weaknesses and ambiguities. In...
2013 / Rosa Giménez-Moreno, Hanna Skorczynska -
Naming “In Vitro Fertilization”: Critical Discourse Analysis of the Polish Catholic Church's Official Documents
Abstract The aim of this study is to analyze the discourse about in vitro fertilization (IVF) in the official statements of the Polish Catholic Church. IVF has recently become a publicly discussed subject due to parliamentary debate beginning in...
2013 / Victoria Kamasa -
Language Awareness Enhancing Strategies for Efl Learners
Abstract The main focus of the present paper is creative use of language in various texts, and potential language awareness strategies that English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teacher may employ in his/her classes. To this end, the paper dwells on...
2014 / Metin Timuçin -
Identifying absolute subjects: A systemic functional approach
Abstract The absolute subject refers to the subject of absolute nominative clauses in traditional grammar. It can be either nominative or accusative. Corpora data show that the number of nominatives has been decreasing, and that of accusatives,...
2015 / Qingshun He, Junhui Wu -
Translation and Political Discourse2015 / Mátyás Bánhegyi
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Exploring the Relationship between Global Personality Traits and Attitudes toward Foreign Language Learning
Abstract The present study aimed at investigating the relationship between global personality traits and attitudes towards foreign language learning in a Turkish context. The participants were 157 university students majoring in English as a foreign ...
2015 / Jafar Pourfeiz -
Linguistic Characteristics of Mateiu Caragiale's Prose and Poetry
Abstract At every level of the language (phonetic, lexical, morphological and syntactic), Mateiu Caragiale's prose and poetry display features of the standard norm of the epoch (often dialectal) as well as to the dominant norm of the epoch, the...
2015 / Mirela Costeleanu -
Desirability and social utility of the information transmitting personological natural descriptors
Abstract In this study we examine the value of information conveying personological characteristics. We asked 270 students from various technical disciplines to judge the degree of desirability (agreeable, indifferent or disagreeable) and social...
2011 / Mazilescu Crisanta Alina, Gangloff Bernard -
Attitudes and evaluative practices: Category vs. item and subjective vs. objective constructions in everyday food assessments2003 / Sally Wiggins, Jonathan Potter
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Wendell Wallach and Colin Allen: moral machines: teaching robots right from wrong2010 / Vincent Wiegel
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Anatomy of an Article: The Peer-Review Process as Method2012 / Neha Vora, Tom Boellstorff