Languages and literature topic list of research papers
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The Two-fold Role of “Passion” in Rousseau's Theory of First Language
Abstract In this study, the concept of first language and its relationship with the theme of “passion” in Rousseau's Essay on the Origin of Languages is studied. Some of Rousseau's basic arguments related to the origin of language coincide with the...
2013 / Sercan Çalcı -
The Role of Language in Knowledge Transfer to Geographically Dispersed Manufacturing Operations
Abstract This study proposes a model of the effects of language on knowledge transfer to geographically dispersed operations. Rather than focusing on the distance between two language groups, we look at the commonalities between their languages,...
2013 / Margaret Spring Schomaker, Srilata Zaheer -
Variability in English Yes/No Questions: A Study of Communicative Functions
Abstract This paper investigates variability in the production of English yes/no questions. It, further, probes the role of communicative functions in the construction of such variants by Canadian English native speakers as well as the role of...
2013 / Laya Heidari Darani, Akbar Afghari -
‘L2 Motivational Self Esteem’ and ‘Integrativeness’ among TEFL Students in Iran: A Qualitative Study
Abstract The present study investigated L2 motivation among TEFL students in Iran. ‘L2 motivational self-system’ reframed the dominant concept of ‘integrativeness’ within a broader domain conceived as ‘possible self’. This study also addressed this...
2013 / Hamid Roohbakhsh Far, Azizah Rajab, Atika Etemadzadeh -
Challenges of Translating Phraseological Units
Abstract Translation of phraseological units is topical for the contemporary translatology nowadays. According to many outstanding specialists, phraseological units are lexical combinations, the meaning of which is defined by the whole expression....
2013 / Victoria Subbotina -
Construction of Past Participle in the Contemporary Tajik Language Case Study: Fitrat Bukharaei's Monazera and Bayânât-e Sayyâh-e Hendi
Abstract The language of Transoxiana Aryans tribes, coinciding with the formation of the Persian language after the advent of Islam to Iran, was Persian in the same way as the official language of the Bukhara was Persian and continued to be so until ...
2014 / Hayat Ameri, Ebrahim Khodayar -
Microgenesis in dynamic assessment of L2 learners’ socio-cognitive development via web 2.0
Abstract This study represents a web-based qualitative inquiry in the synchronous computer mediated communication (SCMC) via Web 2.0. It explores L2 learners’ socio-cognitive development through dynamic assessment (DA), which follows Vygotsky's...
2012 / Parviz Birjandi, Saman Ebadi -
The Effect of Focus on Form Instruction on Intermediate EFL Learners’ Grammar Learning in Task-based Language Teaching
Abstract One of the current concerns of applied linguistics focuses on incorporating grammar instruction within communicative classroom. The major points in the debates include whether, how and when we should integrate grammar instruction. Some...
2012 / Amir Marzban, Mehraein Mokhberi -
How do you React to the Breakdown After it Happens? Do you Complain About it?: A Contrastive Study on the Complaint Behavior in American English and Persian
Abstract This study aims to compare American and Persian complaint realizations. Fifty five Persian university student's complaint utterances were collected via a Discourse Completion Test (DCT) containing eight scenarios and were later coded in...
2012 / Eslamirasekh Abbass, Jafari Seresht Davood, Mehregan Masoumeh -
Language Choice and Co-construction of Solidarity within Interethnic Communication in Kiudang/Mungkom
Abstract Speech patterns within an intercultural context exhibits an interesting sociolinguistic phenomenon. In the multilingual state of Brunei Darussalam, this is not the exception. The hegemony of multilingualism and globalisation, as well as the ...
2014 / Hjh. Dyg. Fatimah binti Hj. Awg. Chuchu, Najib Noorashid -
Investigating the Levels, Types, and Causes of Writing Anxiety among Iranian EFL Students: A Mixed Method Design
Abstract This study examined the levels, types and causes of writing anxiety among Iranian EFL students. The participants were 120 EFL students in two institutes of higher education in Shiraz, Iran. Using the Second Language Writing Anxiety...
2014 / Maliheh Rezaei, Mohammad Jafari -
Writing Research Articles in English: Insights from Iranian University Teachers’ of TEFL
Abstract This study attempts to examine how some writers are more successful than others in writing scientific papers in English, in non-English speaking societies. To do so, interviews were conducted with 10 Iranian university teachers‘of TEFL: 5...
2013 / Amin Karimnia -
Interlingual Transfer of Idioms by Persian Learners in EFL Sentence Writing
Abstract This study aimed to investigate whether Iranian university students majoring in English utilize their knowledge of first language in producing idiomatic expressions in sentence writing. It was also intended to provide some information about ...
2014 / Nader Afshunpour, Mehran Memari -
Investigating the Implementation of Interjections in Three Current EFL Course Books
Abstract The purpose of this study is to investigate interjections’ frequency of use in three different EFL course books. To this aim, the Student's Book and Teacher's Edition of Interchange 3, Top Notch 3A and 3B, and Touchstone Intermediate were...
2014 / Rahman Sahragard, Rahele Mavaddat, Sara Ramezani Bayani, Mahshid Safavian -
Developing Writing Skills in The Classroom: A Corpus-based Analysis of Multi-Genre Structures
Abstract This paper introduces a pedagogical proposal for the development of writing skills based on the analysis of multi-genre structures (AMS). The objective of this AMS model is to help teachers design genres that may be used in the language...
2015 / Ricardo Casañ-Pitarch, José Ramón Calvo-Ferrer -
Epilogue. Politeness research: Sociolinguistics as applied pragmatics2015 / Christine Christie
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An Unlikely Pair: Berlinde De Bruyckere and J.M. Coetzee2015 / Robert Kusek, Wojciech Szymański
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Locus amoenus or locus horridus: The Forest of Arden as a setting in As you like it2012 / Sylwia Wojciechowska
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“Because here we live in the Netherlands”: Languagecultural politics of belonging in a supermarket2015 / Lotte Thissen
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New speakers on lost ground in the football stadium2015 / Alfonso Del Percio